[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? An

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 details

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

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 a

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 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