[R-pkg-devel] Packages extending ggplot2 and ggplot2 2.2.0

[Uwe Ligges]

On 12.11.2016 18:38, Pedro J. Aphalo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> What is the best way to handle the need to reinstall FROM SOURCES
> packages ggpmisc, ggspectra, ggrepel, etc. after updating ggplot2 to the
> current version?
>
> The message:
> "Error: StatPeaks was built with an incompatible version of ggproto.
> Please reinstall the package that provides this extension."
>
> under Windows may be confusing as reinstalling using the default, from
> binaries, will not solve the problem.

It will.


> Will binaries be rebuilt in CRAN?


Yes, at least for Windows.


> I guess not because they would not
> work with ggplot2 (< 2.2.0)...

They will fit to the ggplot2 version that is available.


> So, my question is, as maintainer of ggpmisc and ggspectra, should I
> release new versions that import ggplot2 (>= 2.2.0)?

Not needed.

Best,
Uwe Ligges



> This would be easy enough, and in the case of ggspectra there are
> already some bug fixes that would be good to include in a release. In
> the case of ggpmisc, I have submitted a version to CRAN quite recently.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Pedro.
>