[R-pkg-devel] devtools::check() endless loop

Duncan Murdoch murdoch@dunc@n @end|ng |rom gm@||@com
Wed Dec 10 02:07:28 CET 2025


One little correction:

On 2025-12-09 8:04 p.m., Duncan Murdoch wrote:
>> * How do "Writing R Extensions" and R-pkgs.org relate? Seems to me the main difference is the reliance of r-pkgs.org on the usethis package.
> 
> Writing R Extensions is the "official" documentation, written by the R
> Core group.  R-pkgs.org is a web site based on Hadley Wickham's book
> about R. 

Sorry, I was thinking of a different book.  The R-pkgs.org book is by 
Hadley Wickham and Jennifer Bryan.  Jennifer is the principal author of 
usethis, which likely explains the emphasis on that package.

Duncan Murdoch



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