R devel - Apr 2006 - Should demo files be run as part of R CMD check?

I was a bit suprised to note that demo files are not run as part of R
CMD check.  This seems out of keeping with the philosophy of running
all code contained in the package (in the source, in examples etc).

Should demo files be checked as part of R CMD check?

Hadley

On Fri, 7 Apr 2006, hadley wickham wrote:
> I was a bit suprised to note that demo files are not run as part of R
> CMD check.  This seems out of keeping with the philosophy of running
> all code contained in the package (in the source, in examples etc).
>
> Should demo files be checked as part of R CMD check?
>

The rationale may be that a demo is entitled to assume it is being run 
interactively.  Checking demo(tkdensity), for example, would be 
unproductive.


 	-thomas

I didn't realize this either but it might be useful in situations
where the package depends on other software which might
not be on CRAN.

On 4/7/06, hadley wickham <h.wickham at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I was a bit suprised to note that demo files are not run as part of R
> CMD check.  This seems out of keeping with the philosophy of running
> all code contained in the package (in the source, in examples etc).
>
> Should demo files be checked as part of R CMD check?
>
> Hadley
>
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