Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.31.0210291821330.24823-100000@gannet.stats>
Date: 2002-10-29T18:23:12Z
From: Brian Ripley
Subject: dependency in tests
In-Reply-To: <3DBEC8B8.C8CC47BE@bank-banque-canada.ca>
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Paul Gilbert wrote:
> I have a package in which the code does not depend on another package,
> but tests do. Should the Depends line in the description indicate this
> dependency or is requires() in the tests sufficient?
I find it very helpful to have the Depends line there. Anyone who wants
to run the tests needs the dependency, and builders of binary packages
meet this very frequently.
I think this is even more cogent for the examples.
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