Message-ID: <25394.24168.690819.620840@rob.eddelbuettel.com>
Date: 2022-09-27T02:22:32Z
From: Dirk Eddelbuettel
Subject: Proposal to limit Internet access during package load
In-Reply-To: <CAA-FpKUSrhbo83hPE_bviwsT1W+d82mXnFr_jmCPSUgdoTM5Ow@mail.gmail.com>
Regarding 'system' libraries: Packages like stringi and nloptr download the
source of, respectively, libicu or libnlopt and build a library _if_ the
library is not found locally. If we outlaw this, more users may hit a brick
wall because they cannot install system libraries (for lack of permissions),
or don't know how to, or ... These facilities were not added to run afoul of
best practices -- they were added to help actual users. Something to keep in
mind.
Dirk
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