[R-SIG-Mac] install.packages default type change? mac.binary vs source

[stefano iacus]

On 21/lug/05, at 11:59, James Wettenhall wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a local website where I host an R package which I build on  
> Windows,
> so I can easily create a source (.tar.gz) version and a Win32 binary
> (.zip).  My package doesn't contain any compiled code (e.g. C,  
> Fortran),
> so installing from the source package should be fine for MacOS X  
> users.
> In the past, I believe that MacOS X users could use install.packages()
> successfully without any package 'type' specification, even though  
> there
> is no .tgz file, but now it seems that they need to explicitly say:
>
> install.packages(..., type="source")
>
> Right?
>
> Is this a permanent change?
yes
>   Are there any tricks like creating a .tgz
> which is really the same as the .tar.gz (source) package, or  
> creating a
> symbolic link from .tgz to .tar.gz?
>
you can create a .tgz archive from the installed version of the package.
> Or are these the only choices?
> 1. Build a Mac binary every time I update the version number in the  
> PACKAGES
> file.
>   OR
> 2. Tell all users that they need to use type="source", now.
>   OR
> 3. Submit my package to a repository where Win32 and Mac binaries are
> built for me.

option 3 is the preferred way, and this essentially mean CRAN.
stefano
>
> Regards,
> James
>
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