On 17/03/2023 6:06 a.m., Ruff, Sergej wrote:
I was wondering how CRAN will handle Limma when running the automatic check.
I am worried that my package will be rejected if Limma won�t install from
Bioconductor on a clean version of R. Leading to an Error and Note during the
check.
I am using Limma only for an example in my functions description, not inside my
actual function.
How would CRAN�s System handle that when checking my package for submission?
If you have it in the Suggests list you should have written your code to
work (i.e. not trigger an error) whether it is installed or not, so you
shouldn't worry about it.
Duncan Murdoch
with regards,
Sergej
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Von: Martin Morgan <mtmorgan.b...@gmail.com>
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. M�rz 2023 20:12:51
An: Ivan Krylov; Ruff, Sergej
Cc: r-package-devel@r-project.org
Betreff: Re: [R-pkg-devel] How to declare Bioconductor Dependencies in the
Description File of my R Package
I would not follow the instructions in RTIGER�s README for installing
Bioconductor packages.
BiocManager::install(�RTIGER�) would install both CRAN and Bioconductor
dependencies of RTIGER, and would be my preferred instruction in a README or
INSTALL file. A complete instruction might be to install your package as if it
were on Bioconductor �
If (!requireNamepace(�BiocManager�, quietly = TRUE))
install.packages(�BiocManager�)
BiocManager::install(�<your package>�)
It does not make sense to me to have instructions in .onAttach / .onLoad or in
each function for the user to install a �Suggests:� package, when actually the
package is required for use and belongs in Imports: or perhaps Depends:.
The instruction to use �version = �3.14�� of Bioconductor in the RTIGER
document is not universally correct, since different Bioconductor versions are
tied to specific R versions (see
https://bioconductor.org/about/release-announcements/ ). On one version of R I
am currently using, I get
BiocManager::install(version = "3.14")
Error: Bioconductor version '3.14' requires R version '4.1'; use
`BiocManager::install(version = '3.17')` with R version 4.3; see
https://bioconductor.org/install
The instruction to install a vector of Bioconductor packages is also unnecessary for
Bioconductor packages in the Imports: or Depends: field of <your package>, or if one
were to pass the argument `dependencies = TRUE` to either BiocManager::install() or
install.packages() (to get the Suggests: packages of <your package> to be installed,
as well as Depends:, Imports: and LinkingTo:).
Briefly, installation requires R to know the correct repositories. The command
BiocManager::repositories()
Returns a vector of Bioconductor and CRAN repositories relevant to your version
of R. If one is averse to using BiocManager::install(�RTIGER�), a reasonable
alternative, though still requiring that the BiocManager package is installed,
is
install.packages(�RTIGER�, repos = BiocManager::repositories())
Base R also provides a mechanism for specifying Bioconductor repositories, via
`setRepositories()` called before install.packages(). However, this is not
recommended because, as can be seen on the web page mentioned above, there are
two versions of Bioconductor for each version of R � one always gets the �old�
Bioconductor version, even when a newer version is available.
From: R-package-devel <r-package-devel-boun...@r-project.org> on behalf of Ivan
Krylov <krylov.r...@gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, March 16, 2023 at 2:15 PM
To: Ruff, Sergej <sergej.r...@tiho-hannover.de>
Cc: r-package-devel@r-project.org <r-package-devel@r-project.org>
Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] How to declare Bioconductor Dependencies in the
Description File of my R Package
On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:01:55 +0000
"Ruff, Sergej" <sergej.r...@tiho-hannover.de> wrote:
Last question: How does CRAN work with Bioconductor Dependencies?
Will CRAN accept limma as a dependency or will my submission be
rejected?
It's not explicitly spelled out in the CRAN policy
<https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html>, but
Bioconductor and CRAN are the "mainstream repositories" for the
purposes of the following rule:
Packages on which a CRAN package depends should be available from a
mainstream repository
(Even non-mainstream repositories are allowed for optional dependencies
if you follow a few additional rules.)
Here's an example of a CRAN package with a strong dependency on a
Bioconductor package: <https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=RTIGER>. You
can see the extra instructions for installing the Bioconductor
dependencies in its README.
--
Best regards,
Ivan
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