Hi Duncan, On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 6:34 AM Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The rgl package has a really large number of dependencies, especially if > I include soft (Suggested) dependencies. It would be nice to reduce > that number. > > To do that, I can imagine a tool that gives the following information: > > - For each export from rgl, which dependencies are needed? > > - For each dependency, which exports are supported? > > - Are there other ways to get the same support with fewer > dependencies? E.g. if rgl used devtools::install_github, it could be > replaced with remotes::install_github. > > Does a tool already exist that addresses these questions? > I've never used it, but there's some relevant functionality in https://github.com/r-lib/itdepends
Best, Josh > Duncan Murdoch > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel -- Joshua Ulrich | about.me/joshuaulrich FOSS Trading | www.fosstrading.com ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
