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On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 2:21 AM, Martin Maechler <maech...@stat.math.ethz.ch > wrote: > >>>>> Gábor Csárdi <csardi.ga...@gmail.com> > >>>>> on Tue, 9 Jun 2015 18:39:47 -0400 writes: > > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Duncan Murdoch < > murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > [...] > >> The DESCRIPTION file says this: > >> > >> OS_type: unix > >> SystemRequirements: clang (recommended) > >> > >> One of the CRAN policies is "Package authors should make all > reasonable > >> efforts to provide cross-platform portable code." cmake describes > >> itself as a cross-platform solution and offers Windows binaries, so > does > >> it really make sense to limit it to Unix? > > > That's not needed. I am fairly sure that cmake works on all platforms > > R works on, and more. So we can fix that. > Is there a way to allow the user to use a system installed cmake if they choose? The issue is R package dependencies -- a package author may put the R cmake package in depends and then everyone is forced to install the R package version even if they already have cmake. THK > > very good. > > >> Also of concern are the export restrictions on this page: > >> > >> http://www.cmake.org/download/ > >> > >> I suspect CRAN isn't going to want to be involved with those. > > > It does not apply to cmake. This is just a generic disclaimer on > their > > web page. cmake is included in virtually all Linux distributions and > > it is distributed from the US. > > That's good to know, thank you Gábor. > It may still be wise to ensure correct LICENCE file information > as part of that upcoming package. > > Martin > > > Gabor > > >> Duncan Murdoch > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
