RKWard 0.6.4-1 for OS X [was: Preview - Input needed?]

[meik michalke]

Am Mittwoch, 3. Februar 2016, 19:31:17 schrieb Aaron Batty:
> > actually it was once called "Install dependencies", until somebody
> > pointed out that this is not what the option is doing. The
> > corresponding parameter in install.packages() is called "dependencies",
> > but dependencies=TRUE means installing both hard dependencies _and_
> > suggested packages, while the default dependencies=NA still means
> > installing all true dependencies.
> 
> ...With all due respect to whomever pointed that out...

it was me ;-)

> Who cares what the R command is or does?

well, you just said so yourself: would it still say "install dependencies" you 
would have it checked all the time. because you would be under the impression 
that this is something the package needs. but that is a wrong assumption in 
the first place, and the wrong thing to do. in reality, this checkbox adds a 
lot of "nice to have in some cases" packages that you usually won't need.

with both labels, you have no idea what the option actually does, unless you 
read the docs. the difference is that with the current label, the checkbox 
tells you *exactly* what would happen, and you probably wouldn't check it just 
like that -- which in most cases is what you want.

please read the description to "dependencies" in ?install.packages -- the 
option can take a whole bunch of options to define what should be done. simply 
labelling it "install dependencies" would be misleading.


viele grüße :: m.eik

-- 
  dipl. psych. meik michalke
  institut f"ur experimentelle psychologie
  abt. f"ur diagnostik und differentielle psychologie
  heinrich-heine-universit"at d-40204 d"usseldorf
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