[R-pkg-devel] Confusion about what should be in Imports for a package with a shiny app

[R. Mark Sharp]

I have a package (nprcgenekeepr) in which some packages listed in the DESCRIPTION file are used only within the shiny app scripts. For my prior CRAN submission (successful), I placed such packages in the Suggests section of the DESCRIPTION file. This time testing sites seemed to have directed me to place them in the Imports section and I now have multiple test environments (3 R-hub builder, 3 winbuilder, and 3 Travis-ci) that are showing no errors, warnings, or notes with that placement. However, the package check page https://cran.rstudio.com//web/checks/check_results_nprcgenekeepr.html site is showing the wrong package version (1.0.3 instead of 1.0.5) and some environments with a note of "Namespace in Imports field not imported from: ‘shinyBS’ All declared Imports should be used.”

I changed the function call from `popify` to `shinyBS::popify` and get the same results

I moved shinyBS to Suggests and I get the same note.

I also have shinyWidgets used within the same UI script and listed in the Imports section and it does not generate a note.

It appears that I have a basic misunderstanding of the message in the note and of where the `shinyBS` package should be listed within the DESCRIPTION file.

Help will be appreciated.

Mark


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