Very interesting thread. Indeed just got one question in relationship with SEMVER and API. For a given package, does CRAN adapt the control and acceptance processes according to SEMVER, when submitting a new package version ? Any reference material about CRAN control and acceptance processes are welcome. Haven't found any yet online.
Neonira Le jeu. 26 sept. 2019 à 01:24, Hugh Parsonage <hugh.parson...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > The approach I take is a major version increment is required if it > > requires an existing unit test to be changed or if it requires a reverse > > dependency to change a unit test. > > > > (With the exception of tests marked explicitly as unstable.) > > > > In my view the test suite is a good way to advertise exactly what > > developers can rely on in minor version upgrades. > > > > On Wed, 25 Sep 2019 at 11:52 pm, David Hugh-Jones < > > davidhughjo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Philosophical question. My package follows semantic versioning ( > >> https://semver.org). Incompatible API changes should trigger a major > >> version upgrade. OK, but what counts as an incompatible change to an R > >> API? > >> Suppose my current function signature is > >> > >> foo <- function (a, b, c, d) > >> > >> and the new one is > >> > >> foo <- function (a, b, c, d, e) > >> > >> is that compatible? What if I add an argument, but not at the end: > >> > >> foo <- function (a, b, c, e, d) > >> > >> That would be incompatible if people have been calling the arguments by > >> order rather than by name. But sometimes that is unlikely: I doubt if > many > >> people write > >> > >> lm(y ~ x, mydata, z==3, f, na.omit, "qr", FALSE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, > FALSE) > >> > >> Should I be strict or relaxed about this? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> David > >> > >> [[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 > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
