[R-pkg-devel] Should R be in single quotes in package Description filed in DESCRIPTION file?

[Marta Karaś]

Hi Max,
Thank you for this excellent answer! I am going to go for what you
suggested and skip R in Description field at all.

All the best,
Marta

On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 11:26 AM Maxime Turgeon <
maxime.turgeon using mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:

> Looking at `tools::CRAN_package_db()`, I can see 1433 packages that
> mention R in the Description field, and only 77 use single quotes around
> it. So I would say that the consensus seems to be to *not* use single
> quotes.
>
> On the other hand, I am not convinced you need to mention R at all in your
> Description field. So maybe a third option would be:
>
> Description: Created to host raw accelerometry data sets and their
>    derivatives which are used in the corresponding 'adept' package.
>
>
> Max
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> *From:* R-package-devel <r-package-devel-bounces using r-project.org> on behalf
> of Marta Karaś <marta.karass using gmail.com>
> *Sent:* March 25, 2019 11:13 AM
> *To:* package-develop
> *Subject:* [R-pkg-devel] Should R be in single quotes in package
> Description filed in DESCRIPTION file?
>
> Should R be in single quotes in package Description filed in DESCRIPTION
> file? E.g. which of the following versions of Description file is correct?
>
>    1. Description: Created to host raw accelerometry data sets and their
>    derivatives which are used in the corresponding 'adept' 'R' package.
>    2. Description: Created to host raw accelerometry data sets and their
>    derivatives which are used in the corresponding 'adept' R package.
>
> Thank you,
> Marta
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