Message-ID: <4ADB7E59.1090708@tu-dresden.de>
Date: 2009-10-18T20:45:13Z
From: Thomas Petzoldt
Subject: linking to package directories broken in R >= 2.10 beta
In-Reply-To: <4ADB7A84.7020504@stats.uwo.ca>
Duncan Murdoch wrote:
[...]
> The doc directory is known to be visible. It might surprise someone if
> arbitrary directories were visible, and readable by any user.
>
>> 2) The change will introduce additional work for package authors
>> that used internal links within their packages. I can, of course,
>> reorganize everything below doc, e.g. /library/foo/doc/examples ... but
>> this means that these things are even more hidden.
>
> Why would someone know to look in .../examples? Just update whatever
> hint you gave them to look there, and tell them to look in
> .../doc/examples instead. I don't think it's likely that most people
> would discover either directory without a hint somewhere. If they were
> looking for examples, they'd look in the documented places, the Examples
> section of man pages, or in the vignettes.
>
>> 3) However, according to the changed R-Exts, it was obviously decided
>> that this was necessary, so *I* will do the required reorganization.
>
> I think it was not so much a decision that this was necessary, as that
> it was prudent.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
[...]
ok, I will agree, but let me add one final thought: What is with the
/demo directory?
Thomas P.