[R] warnings although R CMD check runs without any problem

[Christian Kohler]

Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Christian Kohler wrote:
>
>   
>> Dear list members,
>>
>> as I am new to R, I would kindly like to ask for your help.
>>
>> I checked a package with the 'R CMD check' command and all worked out
>> well, (only 'OK' status). Loading its vignette afterwards with
>> 'source("package.Rcheck/inst/doc/vignette.R")' yields a message saying
>> that several (well, in my case more than 50) warnings still exist and
>> can be viewed via the 'warnings()' command.
>>
>> My question now is: why are there still warnings even though the check
>> has been passed without any problems? Generally speaking, would it be
>>     
>
> Because the check process does not consider R-level warnings in examples 
> or vignettes, only errors.  Only someone who understands the code will 
> know if the warnings are pedagogical, innocuous or serious.  No one says 
> that examples should not give warnings, and it may be helpful to 
> illustrate when they might occur.
>
>   
>> possible to submit this package e.g. to the Bioconductor project, even
>> if these warnings still exist?
>>     
>
> It is possible to submit it, and very likely that it would be acceptable. 
> Distributing a package with warnings you do not understand is not a good 
> idea, though.
>
>   
Dear Prof Ripley & Mr Ligges,

thanks for your help and the quick responses.

Regards,
Christian


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Christian Kohler
Institute of Functional Genomics
Computational Diagnostics
University of Regensburg
D-93147 Regensburg (Germany)