Re: [PATCH 6/7] gnu: Add r-getopt. * gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm (r-getopt): New variable. --- gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)

[Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>]

There seems to be something wrong with the summary.  Did you forget to
leave the second line empty?

> diff --git a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
> index af32d66..902d1d2 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/bioinformatics.scm
> @@ -5404,6 +5404,28 @@ functionality.")
>  scripts that accept short and long flag/options.")
>      (license license:gpl2+)))
>  
> +(define-public r-getopt
> +  (package
> +    (name "r-getopt")
> +    (version "1.20.0")
> +    (source
> +     (origin
> +       (method url-fetch)
> +       (uri (cran-uri "getopt" version))
> +       (sha256
> +        (base32
> +         "00f57vgnzmg7cz80rjmjz1556xqcmx8nhrlbbhaq4w7gl2ibl87r"))))
> +    (build-system r-build-system)
> +    (home-page "https://github.com/trevorld/getopt")
> +    (synopsis "C-like getopt behavior")

This is a bit cryptic.  If you can, replace “behavior” with something
more … tangible.

> +    (description
> +     "Package designed to be used with Rscript to write ``#!'' shebang
> +scripts that accept short and long flags/options.  Many users will prefer
> +using instead the packages optparse or argparse which add extra features
> +like automatically generated help option and usage, support for default
> +values, positional argument support, etc.")

Here’s what I wrote for my version of the package:

“This package is designed to be used with Rscript to write shebang
scripts that accept short and long options.  Many users will prefer to
use the packages @code{optparse} or @code{argparse} which add extra
features like automatically generated help options and usage texts,
support for default values, positional argument support, etc.”

~~ Ricardo