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Manipulate DESCRIPTION Files

v1.4.3 · Dec 10, 2023 · MIT + file LICENSE
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Description

Tools to read, write, create, and manipulate DESCRIPTION files. It is intended for packages that create or manipulate other packages.

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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang OK
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc OK
r-devel-macos-arm64 OK
r-devel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-arm64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-patched-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-macos-arm64 OK
r-release-macos-x86_64 OK
r-release-windows-x86_64 OK

Check History

OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Reverse Dependencies (76)

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DBItest DataPackageR PaRe SIAtools altdoc attachment autoimport available badger cffr checkhelper citation cloudfs codemeta codemetar cpp4r cranlike cyclocomp details devtools distops do dockerfiler document downlit dynutils fledge fusen goodpractice grateful jetpack packager personalr pkgbuild pkgdepends pkgdown pkgload polished rcmdcheck readme2vignette releaser rextendr rhub risk.assessr roxygen2 roxygen2md roxyglobals rstantools rworkflows testthat texor torch usethis washr

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Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies cli R6 DBItest DataPackageR PaRe SIAtools altdoc attachment autoimport available badger cffr checkhelper citation cloudfs codemeta codemetar +61 more reverse deps desc

Version History

new 1.4.3 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.4.3 ← 1.4.2 diff Dec 9, 2023
updated 1.4.2 ← 1.4.1 diff Sep 7, 2022
updated 1.4.1 ← 1.4.0 diff Mar 5, 2022
updated 1.4.0 ← 1.3.0 diff Sep 27, 2021
updated 1.3.0 ← 1.2.0 diff Mar 4, 2021
updated 1.2.0 ← 1.1.1 diff Apr 30, 2018
updated 1.1.1 ← 1.1.0 diff Aug 2, 2017
updated 1.1.0 ← 1.0.1 diff Jan 26, 2017
updated 1.0.1 ← 1.0.0 diff Sep 22, 2016
new 1.0.0 May 13, 2016