[R-pkg-devel] some notes
On 2018-04-24 12:01, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
On 24/04/2018 12:48 PM, Uwe Ligges wrote:
On 24.04.2018 18:45, Spencer Graves wrote:
[... deleting irrelevant stuff...]
? ????? If it becomes infeasible to find smaller datasets, etc., you
can
cut out certain tests with a construct like the following:
if(!fda::CRAN()){
# ... tests to run on other computers but to skip on CRAN. ...
}
Ummm, how should fda::CRAN() now that it runs on CRAN? CRAN prefers to ship a set of examples/tests etc. that meet our requirements. If you want to ru addtional tests and/or examples, then run them conditionally on something that is true for your local machine, e.g. some defined environment variable.
????? The fda::CRAN() function tests a "defined environmental variable", as you suggest:? It is TRUE with "R CMD check ?as-cran" and FALSE if "-as-cran" (or something like that) is not set.? It has been several years since I wrote that code, and I'm not prepared at the moment to defend exactly how it works.? It was how I resolved a conflict between Jim Ramsay, the maintainer and lead author of "fda", CRAN maintainers like Uwe, and other contributors to "fda", especially Giles Hooker and me:? It allowed us to keep examples in "fda" help files without excessive work trying to find examples that would illustrate the same points with less compute time.
For Xubo Yue, who may not be aware of all of the players: Uwe Ligges is one of the individuals who runs CRAN.? When you submit a package to CRAN, you are asking Uwe and others to distribute your work. You should listen to what he says. Spencer Graves and I are not involved in running CRAN.? We will give you advice that we think is good advice, but if it conflicts with Uwe's, follow his. Duncan Murdoch
????? Moreover, Duncan's contributions to the R Project vastly exceed mine.? If any of my suggestions seem to conflict with Duncan's comments, follow his (unless they conflict with someone like Uwe, as Duncan noted). ????? Spencer Graves