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

[Kurt Hornik]

>>>>> Uwe Ligges writes:

> On 15.07.2011 19:36, Edzer Pebesma wrote:
>> 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.

Thanks, on CRAN now.

Best
-k



> Great, thanks,
> uwe

>> 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
>>