When using renv suggests packages are not installed

[nikolas-burkoff]

renv::install only installs Depends, Imports and LinkingTo not Suggests

staged.dependencies/R/git_tools.R

Line 188 in 669f45a

renv::install(repo_dir_external)

This is a gap compared to using staged.deps without renv where remotes::install_deps allows you to do it

We should move packages around so things are installed to make renv/not renv behaviour consistent

staged.dependencies/R/git_tools.R

Line 185 in 669f45a

temp_package_name <- paste0(desc_obj$get("Package"), ".dependencies")

[nikolas-burkoff]

See rstudio/renv#933 (comment)

[nikolas-burkoff]

See rstudio/renv#1087

[nikolas-burkoff]

The renv issue above has been fixed so once it has been released we can

1. Set the renv version in our description file >= 0.17.0
2. This https://github.com/openpharma/staged.dependencies/blob/main/R/git_tools.R#L201 needs a "..." argument added and should automatically pick up the new dependencies argument in renv::install
3. Docs e.g. here and here should be updated
4. Update ticket here - so the vignette can show how to handle external package installation when using renv