Hi,
I'm planning to submit my first package to CRAN. I've heard that you should not have any errors, warnings or notes. However, I get the Note stating that there are too many package dependencies:
"Imports includes 24 non-default packages.
Importing from so many packages makes the package vulnerable to any of
them becoming unavailable. Move as many as possible to Suggests and
use conditionally."
- Is this note something I have to address in regard to a CRAN submission?
- Does it make a difference to state that all/most packages used is OK to be included because they are well-maintained?
- Is it possible to use tidyverse as a dependency instead of each individual package (I understand that this to some extent defeats the purpose with the limit; although having a 20-package-limit feels rather arbitrary anyway and the focus should also be on using well-maintained packages).
Warnings in tests
I have created test cases for the package; however, in order to keep the size limit I need to get use fewer cases than normally used; and this creates different warnings when running the test. Is this OK to have these test related warnings when submitting CRAN?
Thanks in advance!
John