Hi
I am writing a package which downloads files which become part of the package (only useful for functions in the package and independent of the working directory) into
system.file("installedSchemes", package = "dmdScheme")
(See https://github.com/Exp-Micro-Ecol-Hub/dmdScheme/blob/b97e7b5ef116476e065aeec1da1050eecbd6adf7/R/scheme_install.R#L71-L75 for the function).
I know that is regulated for R packages, but I can?t find it.
Is this allowed for R packages? Will this be allowed for CRAN?
I would prefer not to allow custom paths here, as it would complicate things.
Thanks,
Rainer
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[R-pkg-devel] Package write access for storing new files
4 messages · Rainer M Krug, Dr Gregory Jefferis
I use rappdirs to construct a platform appropriate consistent package download directory. But for CRAN I believe you will need to obtain some kind of user confirmation at least once to allow this behaviour. Best, Greg. Sent from my iPhone
On 6 Dec 2019, at 08:43, Rainer M Krug <Rainer at krugs.de> wrote:
Hi
I am writing a package which downloads files which become part of the package (only useful for functions in the package and independent of the working directory) into
system.file("installedSchemes", package = "dmdScheme")
(See https://github.com/Exp-Micro-Ecol-Hub/dmdScheme/blob/b97e7b5ef116476e065aeec1da1050eecbd6adf7/R/scheme_install.R#L71-L75 for the function).
I know that is regulated for R packages, but I can?t find it.
Is this allowed for R packages? Will this be allowed for CRAN?
I would prefer not to allow custom paths here, as it would complicate things.
Thanks,
Rainer
--
Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-7490-0066
Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
University of Z?rich
Office Y34-J-74
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8075 Z?rich
Switzerland
Office: +41 (0)44 635 47 64
Cell: +41 (0)78 630 66 57
email: Rainer.Krug at uzh.ch
Rainer at krugs.de
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Thanks for the tip with rappdirs. I am just not sure, how I should handle the questions, as it should also run in a shiny application?
On 6 Dec 2019, at 10:12, Gregory Jefferis <jefferis at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote: I use rappdirs to construct a platform appropriate consistent package download directory. But for CRAN I believe you will need to obtain some kind of user confirmation at least once to allow this behaviour. Best, Greg. Sent from my iPhone
On 6 Dec 2019, at 08:43, Rainer M Krug <Rainer at krugs.de> wrote:
Hi
I am writing a package which downloads files which become part of the package (only useful for functions in the package and independent of the working directory) into
system.file("installedSchemes", package = "dmdScheme")
(See https://github.com/Exp-Micro-Ecol-Hub/dmdScheme/blob/b97e7b5ef116476e065aeec1da1050eecbd6adf7/R/scheme_install.R#L71-L75 for the function).
I know that is regulated for R packages, but I can?t find it.
Is this allowed for R packages? Will this be allowed for CRAN?
I would prefer not to allow custom paths here, as it would complicate things.
Thanks,
Rainer
--
Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-7490-0066
Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
University of Z?rich
Office Y34-J-74
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8075 Z?rich
Switzerland
Office: +41 (0)44 635 47 64
Cell: +41 (0)78 630 66 57
email: Rainer.Krug at uzh.ch
Rainer at krugs.de
Skype: RMkrug
PGP: 0x0F52F982
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Possibly you can use the rappdirs location *if it exists* and tempdir() otherwise. You could make the rappdirs location when running the shiny app. Since the user has to do something to run the app, this is probably ok. I think the problem is that loading the package itself cannot result in a data download outside tempdir(). Best, Greg.
On 6 Dec 2019, at 10:45, Rainer M Krug wrote:
Thanks for the tip with rappdirs. I am just not sure, how I should handle the questions, as it should also run in a shiny application?
On 6 Dec 2019, at 10:12, Gregory Jefferis <jefferis at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote: I use rappdirs to construct a platform appropriate consistent package download directory. But for CRAN I believe you will need to obtain some kind of user confirmation at least once to allow this behaviour. Best, Greg. Sent from my iPhone
On 6 Dec 2019, at 08:43, Rainer M Krug <Rainer at krugs.de> wrote:
Hi
I am writing a package which downloads files which become part of
the package (only useful for functions in the package and
independent of the working directory) into
system.file("installedSchemes", package = "dmdScheme")
(See
https://github.com/Exp-Micro-Ecol-Hub/dmdScheme/blob/b97e7b5ef116476e065aeec1da1050eecbd6adf7/R/scheme_install.R#L71-L75
for the function).
I know that is regulated for R packages, but I can?t find it.
Is this allowed for R packages? Will this be allowed for CRAN?
I would prefer not to allow custom paths here, as it would
complicate things.
Thanks,
Rainer
--
Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation
Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-7490-0066
Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
University of Z?rich
Office Y34-J-74
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8075 Z?rich
Switzerland
Office: +41 (0)44 635 47 64
Cell: +41 (0)78 630 66 57
email: Rainer.Krug at uzh.ch
Rainer at krugs.de
Skype: RMkrug
PGP: 0x0F52F982
______________________________________________ R-package-devel at r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
-- Rainer M. Krug, PhD (Conservation Ecology, SUN), MSc (Conservation Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany) Orcid ID: 0000-0002-7490-0066 Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies University of Z?rich Office Y34-J-74 Winterthurerstrasse 190 8075 Z?rich Switzerland Office: +41 (0)44 635 47 64 Cell: +41 (0)78 630 66 57 email: Rainer.Krug at uzh.ch Rainer at krugs.de Skype: RMkrug PGP: 0x0F52F982
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