Re: [R-pkg-devel] Changing a package's name

2017-06-13 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 13.06.2017 15:40, Duncan Murdoch wrote: On 13/06/2017 7:29 AM, Michael Dewey wrote: Dear David It is your package and you can choose the name you prefer. If you feel uncomfortable with the current one then change it. I do not think anyone else's opinion is relevant unless a package author

Re: [R-pkg-devel] dependency cycle

2017-06-13 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 13 June 2017 at 13:01, Berry Boessenkool wrote: | | Hi, | | I have a package A. Some of its functions are used in package B. | | B imports A in the DESCRIPTION, both are on CRAN. | | A has a function fff where I want to add some optional functionality. | | The problem: that optional stuff

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Changing a package's name

2017-06-13 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 13/06/2017 7:29 AM, Michael Dewey wrote: Dear David It is your package and you can choose the name you prefer. If you feel uncomfortable with the current one then change it. I do not think anyone else's opinion is relevant unless a package author picks a name that all right thinking people wo

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Changing a package's name

2017-06-13 Thread David Hugh-Jones
Apropos of nothing, I just came across this line at https://github.com/trestletech/plumber: plumber was originally released as the rapier package and has since been renamed (7/13/2015) Heh. David On 13 June 2017 at 13:29, Michael Dewey wrote: > Dear David > > It is your package and you can ch

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Changing a package's name

2017-06-13 Thread Michael Dewey
Dear David It is your package and you can choose the name you prefer. If you feel uncomfortable with the current one then change it. I do not think anyone else's opinion is relevant unless a package author picks a name that all right thinking people would find offensive. On 11/06/2017 14:51,