On Tue, 7 May 2024 10:07:59 +1200 Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org> wrote:
> That doesn't work - additional repositories are not allowed on CRAN > other than in very exceptional cases, because it means the package > cannot be installed by users making it somewhat pointless. I suppose that with(tools::CRAN_package_db(), sum(!is.na(Additional_repositories)) / length(Additional_repositories)) = 0.7% does make it very rare. But not even for a weak dependency? Is it for data packages only, as seems to be the focus of [10.32614/RJ-2017-026]? The current wording of the CRAN policy makes it sound like Additional_repositories is preferred to explaining the non-mainstream weak dependencies in Description. So what should be done about the non-Bioconductor weak dependency microViz? > As for the OP, can you post the name of the package and/or the link > to the errors so I can have a look? Sharon has since got rid of the WARNING and now only has NOTEs due to microViz and a URL to its repo in the Description: https://win-builder.r-project.org/incoming_pretest/HybridMicrobiomes_0.1.2_20240504_185748/Debian/00check.log If Additional_repositories: is the correct way to specify a non-mainstream weak dependency for a CRAN package, the URL must be specified as https://david-barnett.r-universe.dev/src/contrib, not just https://david-barnett.r-universe.dev/. I am sorry for not getting it right the first time. -- Best regards, Ivan ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
