[Rd] how to make a true binary package?

2011-10-11 Thread A Zege
I'd like to have a version of a package that doesn't include sources. I thought that this could be achieved by using binary option in R CMD build, but in fact it packages source code that could be easily printed once the library is loaded. Is there an option to avoid visibility of the source?

Re: [Rd] how to make a true binary package?

2011-10-11 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 11.10.2011 18:33, A Zege wrote: I'd like to have a version of a package that doesn't include sources. I thought that this could be achieved by using binary option in R CMD build, but in fact it packages source code that could be easily printed once the library is loaded. Is there an option

Re: [Rd] how to make a true binary package?

2011-10-11 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 11/10/2011 12:33 PM, A Zege wrote: I'd like to have a version of a package that doesn't include sources. I thought that this could be achieved by using binary option in R CMD build, but in fact it packages source code that could be easily printed once the library is loaded. Is there an option

Re: [Rd] how to make a true binary package?

2011-10-11 Thread A Zege
OK, gentlemen, i agree with you in general. I was not talking about a general purpose, general use package that one prepares for CRAN. I am sure you are familiar professionally or can imagine situations where you need to demonstrate a solution to a specific task without fully disclosing the

Re: [Rd] how to make a true binary package?

2011-10-11 Thread Simon Urbanek
On Oct 11, 2011, at 1:09 PM, A Zege wrote: OK, gentlemen, i agree with you in general. I was not talking about a general purpose, general use package that one prepares for CRAN. I am sure you are familiar professionally or can imagine situations where you need to demonstrate a solution to a

Re: [Rd] how to make a true binary package?

2011-10-11 Thread Spencer Graves
One of the most secure options, I think, is to provide a web-based tool to do the computations. I know one case where this was done. The clients probably did not even know that R was being used to do the computations. They had an application or a procedure for uploading their data to

Re: [Rd] how to make a true binary package?

2011-10-11 Thread Barry Rowlingson
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 6:09 PM, A Zege andre.z...@gmail.com wrote: OK, gentlemen, i agree with you in general. I was not talking about a general purpose, general use package that one prepares for CRAN. I am sure you are familiar professionally or can imagine situations where you need to