When checking a package (call it "A") that has "Enhances: B" in DESCRIPTION, I get the message: Package which this enhances but not available for checking: ?B? Can this be changed to: Package which enhances this but not available for checking: ?B? ? Because really, B is not enhanced by A, B does not need A at all. (Actually, for the same reason, Enhances should be EnhancedBy, but I am not suggesting changing that because I realize that is non-trivial.) Thanks, Dan
proposed: minor change to error message
2 messages · Dan Tenenbaum, Duncan Murdoch
On 31/10/2014, 2:22 PM, Dan Tenenbaum wrote:
When checking a package (call it "A") that has "Enhances: B" in DESCRIPTION, I get the message: Package which this enhances but not available for checking: ?B? Can this be changed to: Package which enhances this but not available for checking: ?B? ? Because really, B is not enhanced by A, B does not need A at all. (Actually, for the same reason, Enhances should be EnhancedBy, but I am not suggesting changing that because I realize that is non-trivial.)
I think you've got it wrong. Saying Enhances: B is explicitly a claim that your package A does enhance B. Read "Writing R Extensions". Not all claims made in packages are true, but that's a different issue. Duncan Murdoch