[R-pkg-devel] R package test breakage catch 22

2017-05-01 Thread Jonathon Love
hi, i currently face the following situation: my package, package A, depends on package B. i have unit tests in package A which expect results, which are in part as a result of calculations from package B. package B has made some changes, which leads to slightly different results being calc

Re: [R-pkg-devel] R package test breakage catch 22

2017-05-01 Thread Johannes Ranke
> how does one solve this catch-22? I see these possibilities a) reduce the precision of the tests in A, so the test passes with both versions of B b) a submission of both packages at the same time, with a message in the comments, explaining to CRAN why it is necessary that both are published