Re: [Rd] Distributing Executables.

2012-05-18 Thread Simon Urbanek
On May 18, 2012, at 11:32 AM, Daniel Fuka wrote: > Thanks Simon, > > In this case, I am talking specifically about allowing CRAN to compile > source into an executable to be distributed, as discussed in the > second paragraphs "very special cases .. for example executable > programs". So, when so

Re: [Rd] Distributing Executables.

2012-05-18 Thread Daniel Fuka
Thanks Simon, In this case, I am talking specifically about allowing CRAN to compile source into an executable to be distributed, as discussed in the second paragraphs "very special cases .. for example executable programs". So, when someone runs install.packages("mypackage"), they get a package t

Re: [Rd] Distributing Executables.

2012-05-18 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
On 18/05/2012 16:11, Daniel Fuka wrote: Sorry for this intrusion, but I am confused by two statements that appear to conflict at some level in Writing R Extensions, You may be confused, but the documentation does not conflict. > and wanted to make sure I understand the answer to: Can we distr

Re: [Rd] Distributing Executables.

2012-05-18 Thread Simon Urbanek
On May 18, 2012, at 11:11 AM, Daniel Fuka wrote: > Sorry for this intrusion, but I am confused by two statements that > appear to conflict at some level in Writing R Extensions, and wanted > to make sure I understand the answer to: > Can we distribute a portable executable compiled from source by