Document c88237.

git-svn-id: https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk@88241 00db46b3-68df-0310-9c12-caf00c1e9a41

Author: hornik

doc/NEWS.Rd

@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@
       \verb{\link[<pkg>:<myClass>-class]{<myClass>}} necessary in earlier
       versions of \R.
 
-      Packages with the new syntax need to formally depend on \samp{R >= 4.6.0}.
+      Packages with the new syntax need to formally depend on
+      \samp{R >= 4.6.0}.
+
+      \item \code{tools::analyze_license()} now also computes
+      \href{https://spdx.dev/learn/handling-license-info/}{SPDX license
+	identifiers},
+      thanks to \I{Thierry Onkelinx} and \I{LLuís Revilla}.
     }
   }
 

src/library/tools/man/licensetools.Rd

@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ analyze_license(x)
   with fixed versions.  It also indicates whether the license can be
   verified to be \abbr{FOSS}
   (\url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software})
-  licenses.
+  licenses and where possible computes an
+  \href{https://spdx.dev/learn/handling-license-info/}{SPDX license
+    identifier}
+  for the license.
 }
 \value{
   a list with elements including
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ analyze_license(x)
     license spec.}
   \item{is_verified}{a logical indicating whether the given string can
     be verified to specify a \abbr{FOSS} license.}
+  \item{spdx}{an SPDX license identifier for the license spec.}
 }
 \examples{
 ## Examples from section 'Licenses' of 'Writing R Extensions':