[Rcpp-devel] Distribution of Rcpp codebase

[Martyn Plummer]

And another 2 cents from me.

A package is the basic unit of functionality in R. Whatever
functionality you are providing, I think a package is the best way to
deliver it. There is a well developed framework for versioning,
dependency resolution, testing, and distribution.

If you choose some other mechanism, then I suspect that any developer
problems you eliminate will just return as system administration
problems.

Martyn

On Tue, 2014-04-08 at 10:12 +0200, Xavier Robin wrote:
> My 2 cents...
> 
> On 07/04/14 10:12, Romain François wrote:
> > It would also mean many copies of the same code base. To which I’m thinking: so what.
> No, it will mean many copies of /many different and mostly outdated/ 
> code bases.
> You can count on me to forget to git pull next time I update my package.
> 
> What about something like the BH package that contains the boost 
> headers? I'm using it in a project I'm working on, and just use a 
> LinkingTo declaration with something in Makevars.
> Of course ideally it would be in a build-depends type of declaration so 
> it isn't pulled during binary installs.
> 
> Xavier
> 
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