[R-pkg-devel] circular suggested packages

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 07/11/2023 2:55 p.m., Thierry Onkelinx wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> The qrcode package converts text into a qrcode image. The opencv package is
> able to convert images with a qrcode into the text. opencv has a unit test
> that uses qrcode to generate a test image. Hence it lists qrcode as a
> suggested package.
> 
> Would it be OK to implement the same unit test in qrcode? And thus
> requiring qrcode to list opencv as a suggested package. I know this is not
> allowed when depending or importing packages.

Yes, that is allowed.  There was a thread about a related issue just a 
few days ago:  "PkgA imports PkgB, and PkgB suggests PkgA?".

Duncan Murdoch

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