[SPARK-18875] Fix R API doc generation by adding `DESCRIPTION` file

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.3, 2.0.2
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.3, 2.1.0
• Component/s: Documentation, SparkR
• Assignee: Dongjoon Hyun
• Reporter: Dongjoon Hyun
• Created: 15/Dec/16 04:50
• Updated: 15/Dec/16 05:33
• Resolved: 15/Dec/16 05:30

Description

Since 1.4.0, R API document index page has a broken link on `DESCRIPTION file`. This issue aims to fix that.

• Official Latest Website: http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/api/R/index.html
• Apache Spark 2.1.0-rc2: http://people.apache.org/~pwendell/spark-releases/spark-2.1.0-rc2-docs/api/R/index.html

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #16292 (dongjoon-hyun)