The search from the original issue #1643 shows four packages using devtools::inst() as of now:
- NlsyLinks, last updated 4 years ago
- Wats, last updated 5 years ago
- teachingApps, last updated 2 years ago; no longer using
devtools::inst()
- IalsaSynthesis, last updated 5 years ago
Since the three remaining packages with an actual dependency only have the dependency in their tests and none of them seem to be actively maintained, I would suggest to remove devtools::inst() from the package once again.
The upside of this would be that the auto-complete prefix for devtools::install() shortens to "i" instead of "insta", saving a lot of keystrokes for this very frequent function call.
Also, it's less confusing than to have two functions with very similar name but completely different functionality.
The search from the original issue #1643 shows four packages using
devtools::inst()as of now:devtools::inst()Since the three remaining packages with an actual dependency only have the dependency in their tests and none of them seem to be actively maintained, I would suggest to remove
devtools::inst()from the package once again.The upside of this would be that the auto-complete prefix for
devtools::install()shortens to "i" instead of "insta", saving a lot of keystrokes for this very frequent function call.Also, it's less confusing than to have two functions with very similar name but completely different functionality.