Rafael, I believe the issue is that packages cannot include binary *executables.* If you have a binary file (such as a parquet file) in inst/extdata, I do not think that would be a problem. It would be a good idea to ensure that that file is small, though. I think downloading a file is a big no no to be ran on CRAN machines. I would personally advise against downloading anything.
On Sun, Dec 3, 2023 at 9:54 AM Rafael Ayala Hernandez < rafael.ayalahernan...@oist.jp> wrote: > ello, > > I have added some functions to read binary files in my asteRisk package. > The binary files that are read contain just arrays of coefficients and > metadata about these. > > I would like to provide a small file of these to be used in the examples > of the man page for the functions that read them. However, section 1.1 of > "Writing R Extensions” states that no binary files are accepted in > submissions to CRAN (https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html) > > I was wondering if it would be acceptable to download the example file to > a temporary file in the example themselves (and in fact, also in unit > tests), and then read it from there? > > I could not find any statement against this in “Writing R Extensions”, but > I would like to confirm that this is OK to do before submitting an updated > version of the package to CRAN. > > Thanks a lot in advance > > Best wishes, > > Rafa > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > 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
