Hi Max, Thank you for this excellent answer! I am going to go for what you suggested and skip R in Description field at all.
All the best, Marta On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 11:26 AM Maxime Turgeon < maxime.turg...@mail.mcgill.ca> wrote: > Looking at `tools::CRAN_package_db()`, I can see 1433 packages that > mention R in the Description field, and only 77 use single quotes around > it. So I would say that the consensus seems to be to *not* use single > quotes. > > On the other hand, I am not convinced you need to mention R at all in your > Description field. So maybe a third option would be: > > Description: Created to host raw accelerometry data sets and their > derivatives which are used in the corresponding 'adept' package. > > > Max > ------------------------------ > *From:* R-package-devel <r-package-devel-boun...@r-project.org> on behalf > of Marta Karaś <marta.kar...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* March 25, 2019 11:13 AM > *To:* package-develop > *Subject:* [R-pkg-devel] Should R be in single quotes in package > Description filed in DESCRIPTION file? > > Should R be in single quotes in package Description filed in DESCRIPTION > file? E.g. which of the following versions of Description file is correct? > > 1. Description: Created to host raw accelerometry data sets and their > derivatives which are used in the corresponding 'adept' 'R' package. > 2. Description: Created to host raw accelerometry data sets and their > derivatives which are used in the corresponding 'adept' R package. > > Thank you, > Marta > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
