Thanks for this advice. The Java code was developed by our project and is not used by any other R packages.
Barbara > Duncan Murdoch <mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> > August 23, 2017 at 12:56 PM > > > It likely depends on the circumstances. Did you write the Java code > in the jar file? If not, does any other CRAN package use the same jar > file? It doesn't really make sense for both of you to package it. > > Assuming the jar file isn't already on CRAN, and it really is > necessary for your package, and your package adds something to CRAN, > they'll probably allow it. You should include a comment with your > submission explaining why you need the exception. > > Duncan Murdoch > Barbara Lerner <mailto:bler...@mtholyoke.edu> > August 23, 2017 at 12:07 PM > We are developing a package that makes a call out to a Java program. > We have placed a jar file for this program in inst/java and it works > nicely. However, when we run R CMD check, it results in a NOTE: > > * checking installed package size ... NOTE > installed size is 11.0Mb > sub-directories of 1Mb or more: > java 10.8Mb > > Is it likely that CRAN would accept a package that includes a large > subdirectory like this? If not, what is the recommended way to do > this? The nice thing about our current solution is that the user of > our package does not need to separately install the Java program and > deal with Java's classpath. > > Thanks for the advice. > > Barbara > -- <http://www.getpostbox.com>Barbara Lerner Associate Professor Computer Science Department Mount Holyoke College <http://www.getpostbox.com><http://www.getpostbox.com> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
