Re: [Bioc-devel] 5mb limit for packfiles in .git is too harsh

2023-01-23 Thread Kevin R. Coombes
Disk space is unquestionably an issue for places like CRAN or BioConductor that host all R packages. I would be surprised if it matters to individual users of a single package in a world where a 4TB external hard drive costs about $100 US. On 1/23/2023 7:23 AM, Kern, Lori wrote: I would also

Re: [Bioc-devel] 5mb limit for packfiles in .git is too harsh

2023-01-23 Thread Kern, Lori
I would also argue that it is Bioconductor's current policy not to have such large data stored directly in a package and to use the hub interface. Large data files often aren't necessary for an end user and as you say are only used for examples; often smaller files are sufficient for proof of

[Bioc-devel] 5mb limit for packfiles in .git is too harsh

2023-01-23 Thread Park, Adam Keebum
Dear community, First, I want to appreciate Nathan's amazing help on my two previous inquiries. The answers effectively led me to pinpoint the issue. The final decision I made after hours of analysis was to remove all data files exceeding 50k sizes from the git history. However, such practice