matloff / matloff/partools

Move data.table to Imports

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Description

Depends is rarely the right form of dependency; see e.g. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/data.table/vignettes/datatable-importing.html and https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/issues/3076.

Let me know if I can help with the migration!

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Review the package's dependency declaration and the data.table importing guide linked in the issue. Move data.table from Depends to Imports, and confirm that the package still checks successfully with the dependency declared in its new location.

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Assessment

Tech stack
r
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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