[R-pkg-devel] packaging biosig for R

[Duncan Murdoch]

I suspect the question in this case depends on the availability of 
libbiosig.  If CRAN test machines don't have that and its source isn't 
included in the R package, then it will fail on initial install.  CRAN 
doesn't have a lot of resources to install difficult libraries; I have 
no idea if that applies in this case.

I believe the most robust way to handle this sort of package is to have 
a configure script that looks for the lib on the installing machine, and 
uses that copy if found, otherwise compiles it from source.

Duncan Murdoch



On 15/03/2020 3:41 p.m., Jeff Newmiller wrote:
> I am just a lurker (not representing CRAN) but I am having a hard time understanding your question.
> 
> Binary packages are a convenience for users, not a method for submitting packages. When you have an R package accepted it is accepted in source format.
> If it doesn't exclude support for Windows or MacOSX then it will (in time) be compiled into a binary form for distribution in addition to being distributed is source form.
> 
> As the maintainer, your responsibility is merely to confirm that your source package is properly configured to be built in binary form before you submit it to CRAN. This is normally accomplished by successfully building it as binary in a testing environment. There are various guides out there that can be helpful in accomplishing this, e.g. [1].
> 
> [1] https://kbroman.org/pkg_primer/pages/cran.htm
> 
> 
> On March 15, 2020 1:07:41 AM PDT, "Alois Schlögl" <alois.schloegl using gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Dear R packagers,
>>
>>
>> the Biosig project [1] supports reading of about 50 different data
>> format [2]. Recently, a language binding to R was added, because a user
>> of Biosig asked for it.
>>
>>
>> I've read the policy [3], and it seems the biosig would qualify as
>> binary package. The underlying library (libbiosig) can be installed
>>
>> - on linux from source, or through debian/ubuntu package
>>
>> - on MacOSX through Homebrew.
>>
>> - for Windows I'm using MXE mingw-cross-compiler environment to build
>> libbiosig.dll
>>
>>
>> Would it be feasible to provide a package of biosig on cran ? What need
>> to be considered ?
>>
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>>     Alois
>>
>>
>>
>> [1] http://biosig.sourceforge.net/download.html
>>
>> [2] http://pub.ist.ac.at/~schloegl/biosig/TESTED
>>
>> [3] https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html
>>
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