Thanks Yihui for normalizing my customized git URL. The version of the package on github is in the standard R format and that part of the README is no longer relevant. Sorry for the confusion.
It might be simplest to pick up a tar.gz file of the source at http://www.omegahat.org/RSXML/XML_3.94-0.tar.gz D On 9/17/12 12:31 PM, J Toll wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Yihui Xie <x...@yihui.name> wrote: >> I think the correct address for GIT should be >> git://github.com/omegahat/XML.git :) Or just >> https://github.com/omegahat/XML >> >> Regards, >> Yihui >> -- >> Yihui Xie <xieyi...@gmail.com> >> Phone: 515-294-2465 Web: http://yihui.name >> Department of Statistics, Iowa State University >> 2215 Snedecor Hall, Ames, IA >> >> >> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Duncan Temple Lang >> <dun...@wald.ucdavis.edu> wrote: >>> Hi James >>> >>> Unfortunately, I am not certain if the "latest version" >>> of the XML package has the garbage collection activated for the nodes. >>> It is quite complicated and that feature was turned off in some versions >>> of the package. I suggest that you install the version of the package on >>> github >>> >>> git@github-omg:omegahat/XML.git >>> >>> I believe that will handle the garbage collection of nodes, and I'd like >>> to know if it doesn't. >>> >>> Best, >>> D. > > Hi, > > Thanks for your response and I'm sorry, I should have been more > specific regarding the version of XML. I'm using XML 3.9-4. > > As a sort of follow-on question? Is there a preferable way to install > this version of XML from github? Do I have to use git to clone it, or > maybe use the install_github function from Hadley's devtools package? > I note that the README indicates that: > > "This R package is not in the R package format in the github repository. > It was initially developed in 1999 and was intended for use in both > S-Plus and R and so requires a different structure for each." > > So I was wondering what the general procedure is and whether there's > anything special I need to do to install it? Thanks. > > > James > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
