> From: Thomas Baier > > > I am confused as to what I need and must do. > > > > Your message said > > ftp://cran.r-project.org/pub/R/src/contrib/Devel/rcom_0.97.tar.gz > > > > The DESCRIPTION file inside that download says > > Package: rcom > > Version: 0.95 > > Date: 2004-07-14 > > That's too bad. Sorry for that. > > Nevertheless, what you can download here is the source > package. I guess > some kind soul (Duncan maybe...) will prepare a binary > package for easy installation.I believe it's Uwe that's been providing the Windows binaries for packages. [The reason for cc to R-devel:] Would it make sense to have platform specific packages in a separate area on CRAN? I don't know of anything other than Windows that understand COM. Having the source for rcom in the general area seems a bit strange to me. The install.packages() function on windows will only handle pre-compiled packages, so I don't really see much point in having the source for rcom in the general contrib area... Just my $0.02... Best, Andy
Dirk Eddelbuettel
2004-Jul-21 16:18 UTC
[Rd] RE: [Rcom-l] rcom 0.97 available for download
On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 09:39:29AM -0400, Liaw, Andy wrote:> Would it make sense to have platform specific packages in a separate area on > CRAN? I don't know of anything other than Windows that understand COM.Yup, and 'core' CRAN contains at least one Windows-only package: rbugs [ as I found when working on a script to automagically build Debian packages from CPAN packages, the script is a modified version of Albrecht's script ] So apart from moving arch-specific packages into their own little corners [ bad, balkanization ] we could extend the Description file and flag the architecture restriction there.> Having the source for rcom in the general area seems a bit strange to me.Well there is the rbugs precedent. I may of course be missing something here, still haven't had the required caffeine dosage for the day ... Dirk -- Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. -- Groucho Marx