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[R-pkg-devel] R package which creates a directory in the user home dir

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 
directory in the users home directory to store the data there. However, 
this violates the "CRAN Repository Policy" which says

- Packages should not write in the user?s home filespace (including 
clipboards), nor anywhere else on the file system apart from the R 
session?s temporary directory (or during installation in the location 
pointed to by TMPDIR: and such usage should be cleaned up).

Do I have any chance to get the package to CRAN, if I submit it?

Best Sigbert

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