Should test()/check() warn if missing developer dependencies?

[hadley]

And hint to use install_dev_deps()

[jimhester]

Maybe load_all() as well, I had to make this same suggestion to many people at the dev day too.

[hadley]

Maybe we should have a pkg_sitrep() too?

[jennybc]

This came up in today's group meeting and concluded with what I now see @hadley had already said: we need a sitrep-type of function that reports readiness for package development, in general and with respect to the current package/project.

Does this belong in devtools or usethis? I suspect devtools? Once it exists, it is conceivable that usethis::create_from_github() should call this if the newly created project is a package.

[jimhester]

Ok I added a new function pkg_sitrep(). This is how it looks now if you have all the detectable problems.

I think we should have people run devtools::pkg_sitrep() as the first thing they do when starting working on a package during the dev day.

[jennybc]

Looks awesome (based on glimpse above)!

What you think of calling it dev_sitrep()?

[jimhester]

I am fine with it, I called it pkg_siterep() only because @hadley mentioned that name in #1970 (comment). But dev_sitrep() is probably better.

[jennybc]

pkg_sitrep() feels like it might be reporting on a specific package (probably the "current one", if well-defined) whereas dev_sitrep() somehow feels more related to "am I ready for package development?"

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