From 5d3e2383e99c5417b07f2f2cb46d34c0c48be449 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Mecum <petridish@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2024 07:45:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add docs for recheck tasks

---
 dev/tasks/tasks.yml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dev/tasks/tasks.yml b/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
index 45c928b80c262..dea1d33cc80ee 100644
--- a/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
+++ b/dev/tasks/tasks.yml
@@ -897,6 +897,13 @@ tasks:
       - r-pkg__src__contrib__arrow_{no_rc_r_version}\.tar\.gz
 
 {% for which in ["strong", "most"] %}
+  # strong and most used here are defined by ?tools::package_dependencies as:
+  #
+  # strong: Depends, Imports, LinkingTo
+  # most: Depends, Imports, LinkingTo, Suggests
+  #
+  # So the key difference between strong and most is whether you want to expand
+  # the reverse dependency checking to Suggests (most) or not.
   r-recheck-{{which}}:
     ci: github
     template: r/github.recheck.yml