[R-pkg-devel] spell checking of the DESCRIPTION file

Uwe Ligges ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
Thu May 18 11:17:19 CEST 2017


Well, not running an examples because of an error is a bad idea, you 
should fix the issue that caused the error first.

And when I meant you should make available package and check log I meant 
the version where you did not hide the problems.

Best,
Uwe Ligges


On 18.05.2017 10:55, dharmapal burne wrote:
> Respected Sir/Ma'am.
>
> I have checked Description file and man files. In the description field,
> only text is there but not my name or my PC name.
>
> I am not getting errors while checking as cran.
> But unfornutately, automated checking at CRAN generating errors
> especially in example section.
>
> I have modified the example section to avoid that error (I have used
> dontrun\{}).
> This is my 00check.log content:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> * using log directory ‘/home/vvlab/Desktop/pflMA_1.0.4/plfMA.Rcheck’
> * using R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25)
> * using platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> * using session charset: UTF-8
> * checking for file ‘plfMA/DESCRIPTION’ ... OK
> * checking extension type ... Package
> * this is package ‘plfMA’ version ‘1.0.4’
> * checking CRAN incoming feasibility ... OK
> Maintainer: ‘Dhammapal Bharne <dhammapalb at uohyd.ac.in
> <mailto:dhammapalb at uohyd.ac.in>>’
> * checking package namespace information ... OK
> * checking package dependencies ... OK
> * checking if this is a source package ... OK
> * checking if there is a namespace ... OK
> * checking for executable files ... OK
> * checking for hidden files and directories ... OK
> * checking for portable file names ... OK
> * checking for sufficient/correct file permissions ... OK
> * checking whether package ‘plfMA’ can be installed ... OK
> * checking installed package size ... OK
> * checking package directory ... OK
> * checking DESCRIPTION meta-information ... OK
> * checking top-level files ... OK
> * checking for left-over files ... OK
> * checking index information ... OK
> * checking package subdirectories ... OK
> * checking R files for non-ASCII characters ... OK
> * checking R files for syntax errors ... OK
> * checking whether the package can be loaded ... OK
> * checking whether the package can be loaded with stated dependencies ... OK
> * checking whether the package can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
> * checking whether the namespace can be loaded with stated dependencies
> ... OK
> * checking whether the namespace can be unloaded cleanly ... OK
> * checking loading without being on the library search path ... OK
> * checking dependencies in R code ... OK
> * checking S3 generic/method consistency ... OK
> * checking replacement functions ... OK
> * checking foreign function calls ... OK
> * checking R code for possible problems ... OK
> * checking Rd files ... OK
> * checking Rd metadata ... OK
> * checking Rd line widths ... OK
> * checking Rd cross-references ... OK
> * checking for missing documentation entries ... OK
> * checking for code/documentation mismatches ... OK
> * checking Rd \usage sections ... OK
> * checking Rd contents ... OK
> * checking for unstated dependencies in examples ... OK
> * checking examples ... OK
> * checking PDF version of manual ... OK
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> I think, there are no errors now.
> Shall I resubmit the tar file to CRAN?
>
> Thank you.
>
> On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 1:48 PM, Uwe Ligges
> <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
> <mailto:ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On 18.05.2017 09:07, dharmapal burne wrote:
>
>         The name is automatically getting generated after executing the
>         command
>         "R CMD build plfMA".
>         It is my system name.
>         I think, we should consider it as false positive.
>
>
>     Your system name should not be spell checked, perhapos you provide
>     check log and package on some web resources so that poeple are able
>     tpo help?
>
>     Best,
>     Uwe Ligges
>
>
>
>         On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 1:01 AM, Uwe Ligges
>         <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
>         <mailto:ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
>         <mailto:ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de
>         <mailto:ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de>>> wrote:
>
>
>
>             On 17.05.2017 16:34, michel.grzebyk at inrs.fr
>         <mailto:michel.grzebyk at inrs.fr>
>             <mailto:michel.grzebyk at inrs.fr
>         <mailto:michel.grzebyk at inrs.fr>> wrote:
>
>                 The spell checking of the DESCRIPTION file of my package
>         have
>                 issued a
>                 NOTE concerning authors' name of articles appearing in the
>                 "description"
>                 field.
>                 Is there a a way to fix this problem or shall I consider
>         this
>                 NOTE as a
>                 false positive?
>
>                 I was not able to find any indication in "Writing R
>         Extension"
>                 about how
>                 to include names in the "description" field.
>
>
>             If the spell checks have false positives, that's OK and your
>         package
>             won't be rejected.
>             Nevertheless, software names should be written single quotes as
>             'package' and functions with parentheses as in foo().
>
>             Best,
>             Uwe Ligges
>
>
>
>
>                 Best,
>                 Michel
>
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>         *DHAMMAPAL BHARNE,
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