"Dependencies are an invitation for other people to break your package." -- @joshua_ulrich Which of these two setups to query @PostgreSQL from #RStats looks more likely to take that invitation? (Disclaimer: I was the Google Summer of Code mentor helping create RPostgreSQL.)
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point taken, but would recursive strong dependencies be a fairer comparison? (Unless 'suggests' is used sneakily, i.e. "this is really critical for practical use but it doesn't work unless you've got package XX")
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Replying to @bolkerb @joshua_ulrich @PostgreSQL
I use both measures (cf prior tweets). Today was a first with what I am now see as the "weight" of a package: its Suggests (which one may use along with it) and their hard dependencies. (Plot from my suggestion in github.com/DominikRafacz/dee… ) All work in progress, feeback is good.

Dec 20, 2021 · 7:35 PM UTC
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