[R-pkg-devel] Would CRAN accept a package that requires cmake?

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 10 August 2016 at 08:39, Charles Determan wrote:
| I have seen this previous discussion (
| https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-package-devel/2015q2/000115.html) on this
| question but I didn't find a clear answer.  I am looking at integrating
| some more existing open-source C++ libraries to R packages.  However, a
| handful use/require cmake for compilation.  I believe this is possible to
| do using the configure(.win) files but I want to make sure this would be
| acceptable to CRAN.

<chorus singing>
  Only CRAN can answer CRAN questions.
</chorus singing>

With the above caveat, I'd say yes -- but do mark it clearly in
SystemRequirements: which is the field for this very purpose.

Dirk

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