Martin Maechler
1997-Apr-22 13:07 UTC
R-alpha: contributed packages -- Yes, use library/<package>/.. !
>>>>> "Kurt" == Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at> writes:>>>>> Paul Gilbert writes:>> Friedrich >> Regarding the location of data for libraries it might be easier if >> everything for one library is included in one subdirectory. At least >> it would certainly be easier to clean-up, which I like to do every >> few years. Thus the code file, data, and any compiled code would be >> in one subdirectory under $RHOME/library. Kurt> Like Kurt> library/<section>/ Kurt> library/<section>/data Kurt> library/<section>/exec (scripts and or binaries which Kurt> only make sense for the add-on) Kurt> library/<section>/funs Kurt> library/<section>/help Kurt> library/<section>/html Kurt> library/<section>/objs (*.so) Kurt> ??? >> I realize this means a small change to the way libraries are now >> found, but in the end I think it would be much cleaner. I agree completely. Kurt, you surely feel like doing it for us ... ;-) -- Martin =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Kurt Hornik
1997-Apr-22 16:13 UTC
R-alpha: contributed packages -- Yes, use library/<package>/.. !
>>>>> Martin Maechler writes:>>>>> "Kurt" == Kurt Hornik <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at> writes:>>>>> Paul Gilbert writes: >>> Friedrich>>> Regarding the location of data for libraries it might be easier if >>> everything for one library is included in one subdirectory. At least >>> it would certainly be easier to clean-up, which I like to do every >>> few years. Thus the code file, data, and any compiled code would be >>> in one subdirectory under $RHOME/library.Kurt> Like Kurt> library/<section>/ Kurt> library/<section>/data Kurt> library/<section>/exec (scripts and or binaries which Kurt> only make sense for the add-on) Kurt> library/<section>/funs Kurt> library/<section>/help Kurt> library/<section>/html Kurt> library/<section>/objs (*.so) Kurt> ???>>> I realize this means a small change to the way libraries are now >>> found, but in the end I think it would be much cleaner.> I agree completely.:-)> Kurt, you surely feel like doing it for us ... ;-)Actually, I think if R&R ok'ed something like that, Fritz and I would take a look. (In a way, I NEED to do something like that anyway, because I promised it for making an official Debian package ...) Would it mean that we also employ the S library/section concept? -k =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-