R devel - Mar 2013 - Submitting packages with weak circular dependencies to CRAN.

Hello, R-devel,

I am planning to submit two packages, A and B, to CRAN. Package B uses
an API exported by package A, while package A uses package B to test the
API in question. Thus, package B Depends on, and Enhances, A, and A
Suggests B.

Could I get some guidance on submitting them to CRAN? A cannot be
checked without B, but B cannot be installed without A.

                    Thanks in advance,
                    Pavel Krivitsky

Hello,

On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 07:42:04PM -0500, Pavel N. Krivitsky
wrote:
> Hello, R-devel,
> 
> I am planning to submit two packages, A and B, to CRAN. Package B uses
> an API exported by package A, while package A uses package B to test the
> API in question. Thus, package B Depends on, and Enhances, A, and A
> Suggests B.
[...]

Why not putting common stuff of A and B into C and then let A and B depend on C?

Ciao,
   Oliver

Hi Pavel,

On 03/08/2013 04:42 PM, Pavel N. Krivitsky wrote:
> Hello, R-devel,
>
> I am planning to submit two packages, A and B, to CRAN. Package B uses
> an API exported by package A, while package A uses package B to test the
> API in question. Thus, package B Depends on, and Enhances, A, and A
> Suggests B.
>
> Could I get some guidance on submitting them to CRAN? A cannot be
> checked without B, but B cannot be installed without A.
The CRAN people will probably have a better solution to offer but the
following 3-step procedure should work, at least in theory:

- First submit a degraded version of A i.e. a version that doesn't
   suggest B and where all the tests using B are turned off.

- Then submit B.

- Then submit the full version of A with a higher version.

Or, merge A and B in a single package...

Cheers,
H.

>
>                      Thanks in advance,
>                      Pavel Krivitsky
>
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