From jgentry at jimmy.harvard.edu  Wed Aug 25 21:12:15 2004
From: jgentry at jimmy.harvard.edu (Jeff Gentry)
Date: Wed Aug 25 21:11:45 2004
Subject: [Rd] Minimal DESCRIPTION file
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Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.20.0408251511440.777-100000@santiam.dfci.harvard.edu>

> My question is, what else is necessary for a minimal package?  "Writing R
> Extensions" states:
>    "The `Package', `Version', `License', `Description', `Title', `Author',
>     and `Maintainer' fields are mandatory..."
> So should I really add all these (superfluous) fields, to avoid future
> rejection?

Mandatory does seem to imply something being mandatory. :)


[Rd] Minimal DESCRIPTION file
Jeff Gentry