Starting Situation:
I'm writing a small package of functions for myself only (not CRAN; on GitHub, but not public), and developing locally on the computer. Mostly this is me being a newbie at R and learning to write first package.
I'm using devtools and after load_all() and check(), I have been getting this "NOTE":
-- R CMD check results -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MondelezR 0.1.0 ----
Duration: 21.1s
> checking dependencies in R code ... NOTE
Namespace in Imports field not imported from: 'tibble'
All declared Imports should be used.
0 errors v | 0 warnings v | 1 note x
Question:
Am I doing something wrong or is this a known/ expected problem that I can ignore?
Little more background:
I am using tibble()
In my package, "Find in Files" shows that I have used tibble in four files in different ways:
DESCRIPTION file:
[First Section of File Omitted]
Encoding: UTF-8
RoxygenNote: 7.2.0
Imports:
stringr,
dplyr,
purrr,
tibble,
magrittr
Suggests:
testthat (>= 3.0.0)
Config/testthat/edition: 3
(I have not seen the message for the other imported packages.)
FUNCTION: mdlz_otm_filter.R
[omitted]
#' @examples
#' df_otm_final <- tibble::tibble(
[omitted]
I am only using tibble in the example, not in the function itself, and the relevant portion is shown above.
DOCUMENTATION: mdlz_otm_filter.Rd
The roxygen2 documentation created from the above function shows the exact same example, but as documentation.
TEST THAT: test-mdlz_make_KEY1.R
test_that("POSTAL LANE2 works as expected", {
df_test <- tibble::tibble(ORIG_ZIP = c("18615", "12345", "a5J 1u8"),
DEST_ZIP = c("1234", "23456", "i9y2b4"),
FINAL_KEY = c("18615-01234","12345-23456","A5J1U8-I9Y2B4"))
expect_identical(mdlz_make_POSTAL_LANE(df_test$ORIG_ZIP,
df_test$DEST_ZIP),
df_test$FINAL_KEY)
})
Attempt to remove tibble from DESCRIPTION
I tried removing tibble from Imports: on the DESCRIPTION file, but as I expected would happen, I got this instead:
-- R CMD check results -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MondelezR 0.1.0 ----
Duration: 26.6s
> checking for unstated dependencies in examples ... WARNING
'::' or ':::' import not declared from: 'tibble'
> checking for unstated dependencies in 'tests' ... WARNING
'::' or ':::' import not declared from: 'tibble'
0 errors v | 2 warnings x | 0 notes v
So... warnings are worse than notes I figure.
Research:
Google search to start with brought me to these posts:
RStudio Community Meta-Package This guy's problem is that he needs to use functions in every package he's trying to put in his meta-package. My issue is I'm already using tibble and getting the note regardless.
SO devtools R CMD check NOTE But this one doesn't seem to apply because I AM using tibble in my package, and this guy is trying to remove it.
Help?
I don't know how to clear the note, if I should worry about it at all, or why I'm getting it since I am using tibble as shown above. Trying to learn, so an expository answer is appreciated. Thank you in advance.
