[R] Porting "unmaintained" packages to post R 2.10.0 era

[Stephen Ellison]

> -----Original Message-----
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> 
> You can install to any library, even a temporary one that 
> does not need to be in .libPaths() of your regular R 
> installation. So you won't do any harm to your sytsem.
> 

The principal point I was making is that "the manuals" are not very informative on the actual build step for a zipped binary and I can see why many find it hard to find the guidance they need. If there is a recommended practice - for example, what you've just said - why not include it in the manual intended to help package developers?

> Why do you want to build a binary before checking? You only 
> need a binary in order to distribute it, and I doubt you want 
> to do that before you checked the package.
> 
I don't want to build a binary before checking, and I didn't suggest that. I just wasn't talking about checking, which is well documented. I was talking about building zips, which isn't.

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