Sigbert,
One approach you could consider is to _package_ the data in a (standard R)
package upon which you can have a Suggests: relationship using a
Additional_repositories: entry in DESCRIPTION. That is fully compliant and
compatible with the CRAN Policy, and has been done before -- in fact th
Subject: Re: [R-pkg-devel] R package which creates a directory in the user home
dir
>>>>> Sigbert Klinke
>>>>> on Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:29:54 +0200 writes:
> Hi,
> I'am developing a package that circumvents the R package size limitation
> for
And if the user hits "yes", the package rappdirs may be useful to get
an appropriate place to save that data.
Iñaki
On Thu, 17 Oct 2019 at 14:45, Martin Maechler
wrote:
>
> > Sigbert Klinke
> > on Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:29:54 +0200 writes:
>
> > Hi,
> > I'am developing a package
> Sigbert Klinke
> on Thu, 17 Oct 2019 14:29:54 +0200 writes:
> Hi,
> I'am developing a package that circumvents the R package size limitation
> for data sets. For this I store the data set in the internet (currently
> GitHub) and download if it is requested.
>
Quoting Sigbert Klinke :
Hi,
I'am developing a package that circumvents the R package size
limitation for data sets. For this I store the data set in the
internet (currently GitHub) and download if it is requested.
To avoid unnecessary downloads and internet connections I create a
dir
On Thu, 2019-10-17 at 14:29 +0200, Sigbert Klinke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'am developing a package that circumvents the R package size
> limitation
> for data sets. For this I store the data set in the internet
> (currently
> GitHub) and download if it is requested.
>
> To avoid unnecessary downloads
Hi,
I'am developing a package that circumvents the R package size limitation
for data sets. For this I store the data set in the internet (currently
GitHub) and download if it is requested.
To avoid unnecessary downloads and internet connections I create a
directory in the users home directo
