On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 10:44 PM Uwe Ligges <lig...@statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
wrote:
> On 04.01.2024 21:23, Duncan Murdoch wrote:[...]
> > Users aren't forced to install "Suggests" packages. That's a choice
> > they make. The default for `install.packages()` is `dependencies = NA`,
> > which says to install hard dependencies (Imports, Depends, LinkingTo).
> > Users have to choose a non-default setting to include Suggests.
>
> Also note that the maintainer builds the vignette whe calling
> R CMD build
> CRAN checks whether the vignette can be build.
> If a user installs a package, the already produced vignette (on the
> maintainers machine by R CMD build) is instaled. There is no need for
> the user to install any extra package for being able to look at the
> vignettes.
>
I see... then I must have tested with dependencies = TRUE thinking this
refers to hard dependencies (one more reason to read the documentation
properly).
Thank you,
Adrian
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