I'd like to add, for bundling `zstd` and `lz4`, I was told by Professor
Ripley that I must first check for system installations and use that when
possible, because of possible security issues being fixed in later
updates.
I think that's a good idea, and can be set up with a configure script: 1)
Complex system dependencies are not cleanly handled by the R packaging system,
but Suggesting other packages is. You could create or re-use an existing
package for each external dependency and possibly even let the user specify
which one they want to your dependent package the way DBI handles
Guido,
On 29 January 2020 at 15:11, Guido Kraemer wrote:
| I am developing an R package that can make (optional, but strongly
| recommended) use of a number of external compression algorithms. What is
| the best strategy if I want to distribute this as an R package? Because
It's actually a
