[Bioc-devel] Imports version that's only available on github?

[Martin Morgan]

On 08/05/2016 01:55 PM, Alex Pickering wrote:
> My package requires a version of 'DT' that's only available on github. I
> tried following the answer to this SO
> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30493388/create-an-r-package-that-depends-on-another-r-package-located-on-github>
> (specifying 'Remotes' in the DESCRIPTION in addition to the version needed
> in 'Imports'). Build failed with "Package required and available but
> unsuitable version: 'DT'". How should this be handled? Thank you,

Packages must be on CRAN or Bioconductor; the rationale is that these 
represent stable, tested, and somehow mature packages, rather than an 
arbitrary package of unknown stability. The StackOverflow question is a 
solution for devtools, but biocLite() uses install.packages().

Martin

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