[R-pkg-devel] Problem with "additional repository".

[Iris Simmons]

The packages in additional repositories are not installed on the CRAN
checking machines. The NOTE is expected, but it's not a warning, so your
package should still be allowed to upload to CRAN. You should not remove
ionChannelData from Suggests because then the reference to that package in
your documentation will become a WARNING and your package will not be
uploaded to CRAN.

On Sun, Oct 15, 2023, 21:35 Rolf Turner <rolfturner using posteo.net> wrote:

>
> I have submitted a new package to CRAN, and this package has been
> knocked back on the basis of a NOTE:
>
> > * checking package dependencies ... NOTE
> > Package suggested but not available for checking: 'ionChannelData'
>
> This suggested package consists of data sets, the size of which is too
> large to satisfy CRAN's constraints. I put this package in a repository
> on github, from which it can be accessed by users.
>
> My DESCRIPTION file contains the line:
>
> > Additional_repositories: https://rolfturner.r-universe.dev
>
> The given URL seems to work, in that users can indeed load the
> ionChannelData package via the command
>
> > install.packages("ionChannelData",repos="
> https://rolfturner.r-universe.dev")
>
> I was under the impression that this was all that I needed to do.  The
> CRAN checking process acknowledges the existence of the repository in
> question:
>
> > Suggests or Enhances not in mainstream repositories:
> >   ionChannelData
> > Availability using Additional_repositories specification:
> >   ionChannelData   yes   https://rolfturner.r-universe.dev
>
> So CRAN knows about this repository.  Why can it not make use of it?
>
> What can/should I do to resolve this problem?
>
> I guess I could simply *not* Suggest ionChannelData.  But what then, is
> the point of the option of including an Additional_repositories field in
> the DESCRIPTION file?
>
> cheers,
>
> Rolf Turner
>
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