Re: [R-pkg-devel] Checksums changed on CRAN without any visible modifications to files.

2018-06-28 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
Below are more details on/examples of changes due to ORCID URLs being added to the DESCRIPTION file (from https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/pull/6446#issuecomment-396574744): $ diff -ru RWeka.orig RWeka diff -ru RWeka.orig/DESCRIPTION RWeka/DESCRIPTION --- RWeka.orig/DESCRIPTIO

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Questions about making a database package (Rpolyhedra)

2018-06-28 Thread alejandro baranek
Hi Joris: Thank you for your comments. Of course, we are using https for aditional downloads. For the moment it is not needed to use github LFS, but is an alternative we can explore after this short step: our immediate goal is to make the package lighter in CRAN. Now it's 35kb so I think we made

Re: [R-pkg-devel] Questions about making a database package (Rpolyhedra)

2018-06-28 Thread Joris Meys
Hi Ale, I'd personally use a more specific solution like github LFS (large file storage) for a versioned database. You should also check with CRAN itself, as they keep high standards for everything that's not a standard install. More specifically (from CRAN policies) : Downloads of additional sof