Re: [R] Dependency on R-Forge Package

2011-02-18 Thread Spencer Graves
I echo Prof. Ripley's and Jari Oksanen's concerns. I see two options in case the R-Forge package maintainer does not submit the package to CRAN: (1) Copy the function(s) you want from that package into your own. In such cases, I recommend you change the name of the functi

Re: [R] Dependency on R-Forge Package

2011-02-18 Thread Jari Oksanen
Damian Betebenner nciea.org> writes: > > In building a package, is it possible to make the package depend upon another package that is only available > on R-Forge (not CRAN). For example, by doing something in the DESCRIPTION file > I'd like to add a dependency to my package such that when the u

Re: [R] Dependency on R-Forge Package

2011-02-17 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On Thu, 17 Feb 2011, Uwe Ligges wrote: On 17.02.2011 15:29, Damian Betebenner wrote: In building a package, is it possible to make the package depend upon another package that is only available on R-Forge (not CRAN). For example, by doing something in the DESCRIPTION file I'd like to add a d

Re: [R] Dependency on R-Forge Package

2011-02-17 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 17.02.2011 15:29, Damian Betebenner wrote: In building a package, is it possible to make the package depend upon another package that is only available on R-Forge (not CRAN). For example, by doing something in the DESCRIPTION file I'd like to add a dependency to my package such that when t

[R] Dependency on R-Forge Package

2011-02-17 Thread Damian Betebenner
In building a package, is it possible to make the package depend upon another package that is only available on R-Forge (not CRAN). For example, by doing something in the DESCRIPTION file I'd like to add a dependency to my package such that when the user install my package it will automatically