[R-pkg-devel] Lazy data compression for packages without data folder

[Peter Ruckdeschel]

Thanks, Jeff, that was helpful ... Best, Peter

Am 01.04.2021 um 18:04 schrieb Jeff Newmiller:
> I don't think those settings apply to that file. Search for "sysdata.rda" in [1].
>
> [1] https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-exts.html
>
> On April 1, 2021 3:11:17 AM PDT, Peter Ruckdeschel <peter.ruckdeschel using web.de> wrote:
>> Hi,  
>>
>> I just noticed that, last week-end, R CMD build was changed to remove
>> ‘LazyData’ and
>> ‘LazyDataCompression’ fields from the ‘DESCRIPTION’ file of packages
>> without a ‘data’
>> directory.
>>
>> Now, in our package "RobAStRDA" published on CRAN in version 1.2.0
>> 2019-03-11, we 
>> deliberately do have a ‘LazyData´ field in the ‘DESCRIPTION’ file of
>> the package
>> without a ‘data’ folder.
>>
>> This package just contains a sysdata.rda file with a large amount of
>> interpolation grids
>> and functions not to be analyzed as statistical data but rather to be
>> used for speed-ups
>> in our package "RobExtremes" (also on CRAN).
>>
>> What is the recommended way to achieve this, i.e., use the sysdata.rda
>> file in compressed
>> form and in lazy data format without placing it into a ‘data’ folder?
>>
>> Any suggestions welcome,
>> best regards, Peter (Ruckdeschel)
>>
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