Here are 2,800 JavaScript files in CRAN packages: https://github.com/search?q=org%3Acran+path%3Amin.js+-path%3ALICENSE.txt&type=code
You might have a look at those. To Duncan's point, note there are also 0 min.js files: https://github.com/search?q=org%3Acran+path%3Amin.js+-path%3ALICENSE.txt&type=code Mike C On Fri, Feb 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2025-02-20 12:36 p.m., Brian Leonard wrote: > > Hello there, > > > > [TLDR: I'm curious to know the degree to which including a pure javascript > > program (via the V8 package) in an R package affects the potential of > > passing CRAN review] > > > > I'm working on implementing an R package to support users of the Psych-DS > > data specification<https://github.com/psych-ds>. The package will include a > > shiny app with helpful functions for assembling and publishing high-quality > > datasets in the behavioral sciences, but one of the core functions will be > > to validate existing datasets (local directories) according to the rules of > > our schema. > > > > We already have this validator functionality set up as a Deno application, > > and we can use certain Deno tools, along with esbuild, to generate > > node-based and pure-javascript bundled versions of validator. > > > > We'd like to be able to leverage our existing code instead of having to > > reinvent the wheel for the R context. If we try to publish our package to > > CRAN with this javascript script as a core part of the package's > > functionality, will that severely affect our chances of passing the review > > process? I know that having sufficient unit tests and well documented > > processes is crucial to getting a package through, but the validator code > > in this scenario would be stringy and minified, and the bundle would not > > include unit tests for all the validator's internal functions. Is it the > > case that a dependency like this is equally subject to CRAN review > > scrutiny, or would it be sufficient to have all the R-based components > > comply with CRAN requirements? > > I am not a member of CRAN, so I can't give you authoritative advice on > this. But I think one issue is that if you are only including minified > code, then they wouldn't see that as the original source. My rgl > package includes a few thousand lines of Javascript code which is > minified when installed; the tarball contains the original source. > > Duncan Murdoch > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
