[Rspatial-devel] vignette that depends on PosgreSQL data base access

[Edzer Pebesma]

Thanks Uwe! I decided to have the database sections with eval=FALSE, and
upload a fully evaluated version off-CRAN; it's not a big deal after all.

spacetime 0.5-1 is now on /incoming on CRAN.

Best wishes,

On 07/12/2011 09:54 PM, Uwe Ligges wrote:
> 
> 
> On 12.07.2011 14:26, Edzer Pebesma wrote:
>> I wrote a vignette for package spacetime that explains how massive
>> spacetime data sets in a PosgreSQL data base can be proxied by R objects
>> in package spacetime; see
>> https://svn.52north.org/svn/geostatistics/main/spacetime/inst/doc/stpg.Rnw
>>
>>
>> To compile it, it needs read/write access to a postgresql data base that
>> has postgis extensions. I assume CRAN doesn't have these. How do I carry
>> on with this? Can I tell CRAN to not try to compile it, or should I
>> upload it somewhere else? Or simply upload&  ignore?
> 
> Edzer,
> 
> you can think about
> 
> 1. if it is possible to include some objects derived from the data
> rather than the whole data, but that contradicts the aim of the package,
> as far as I understand.
> 
> 2. just provide the pdf rather than the Rnw and calculate the vignette
> for yourself only, but this way the users cannot run the code, if that
> is relevant.
> 
> 3. ask CRAN maintainers not to check the vignettes of your package. This
> is not standard and I am a bit reluctant to suggest exceptions, but
> since most (if not all) of us have code in place to easily omit vignette
> checks for particular packages this might be the most appropriate
> solution here.
> 
> 
> Kurt is on vacations, so it may take a while to get his response on
> this. CCing Brian Ripley who runs checks for CRAN but does not read
> CRAN at ...
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> Uwe

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