ok, tks 2018-03-29 11:30 GMT-03:00 Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com>:
> r-package-devel is the right mailing list for your query, not here. > > > Cheers, > Bert > > > Bert Gunter > > "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along > and sticking things into it." > -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 6:56 AM, Lucas Ferreira Mation > <lucasmat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I created this package, > > > > https://github.com/lucasmation/microdadosBrasil > > > > which we are preparing for Cran submission. The package facilitates > > downloading and reading most of the microdatasets (household surveys, > > Census, etc). For each dataset it: > > > > (a) downloads the data from the data providers > > (b) "unzip" the necessary files > > (c) imports the data into R. > > > > For (b), some of the datasets come in .7z and .rar format which ideally > > the package should unzip (or whatever the correct them for uncompacting > > these file types is) so that the underlying .txt or .csv files can be > > imported into R. > > > > Not being able to find a solution within R (R only deals with .zip > files), > > we added a Rtools dependency, in order to use Rtools expanded > > unzipping capabilities on the .7z and .rar files. > > > > Is adding a Rtools dependency a bad practice for an R package? Is it even > > allowed by cran? I mean, it changes requires the installation of a > > standalone software (Rtools), which does not seem very user-friendly. > > > > Is there any alternative for unzipping .rar and .7z files that only > depends > > on R packages and works independently of the OS, etc? > > > > If the Rtools is a big problem, I could also revert to our initial > strategy > > that did not support .7z and .rar "unzipping", requesting the user to > > manually unpack those files. > > > > regards > > Lucas > > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/ > posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.