Message-ID: <6544bfca-fd9a-5cf3-5f08-1f66bd830813@effectivedefense.org>
Date: 2018-04-24T17:15:48Z
From: Spencer Graves
Subject: [R-pkg-devel] some notes
In-Reply-To: <c9882ade-b563-8421-3d51-1c07029428b8@gmail.com>
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