[rkward-devel] RKWard repository

[meik michalke]

hi,

am Sonntag 18 September 2011 (11:31) schrieb Thomas Friedrichsmeier:
> (I also enabled directory indexing for the repository on the server.)

cool!

i saw you added a Readme.html as well -- i copied that to my mainenance repo 
as well, as i'll be using "rsync --delete" to keep it in sync (and be able to 
remove too old versions of packages in one go). so if one wants something 
permanently there, they should drop me a note, otherwise additions might get 
lost with the next sync ;-)

> > it currently is more like a proof of concept and just holds one package,
> > that is rkwarddev.
> 
> I see you added XiMpLe and koRpus.

yes, i've been busy :-) i also installed R 2.12 and 2.11 in parallel to 2.13 
here, so i can build the binaries for various R versions as well (added this 
as a feature to roxyPackage yesterday).

> 1) Are we ready to remove support for the old GHNS-based repository for the
> coming version of RKWard, or should we wait some more?

since only klausuR and koRpus were present in GHNS until now, koRpus is now in 
the new repo and klausuR on CRAN, i believe we can safely remove the GHNS 
mechanism. but then we'd still need some form of GUI to find RKWard plugins in 
a similar fashion. the simplest way would probably be to add a first column to 
the three existing "configure packages" tabs with a small RKWard icon, before 
the package name, which indicates "Enhances: rkward"? it wouldn't look as 
fancy as the present deluxe dialog, but on the other hand you'd have 
everything in one place without too much to change. at least for a start. you 
could then also sort by this feature, and maybe more people would become aware 
of this possibility in the first place.

> 2) Perhaps we should not install the rkwarddev and XiMpLe packages with
> RKWard, after all, but rather leave it to the user to fetch them (which is
> real simple, now)?

yes, i thought so, too. if the repository is available by default, these 
packages don't have to be installed by RKWard.

i also added notes on the repository maintenance to techdocs and am currently 
working on the plugin docs.


viele grüße :: m.eik

-- 
dipl. psych. meik michalke
institut f"ur experimentelle psychologie
abt. f"ur diagnostik und differentielle psychologie
heinrich-heine-universit"at d-40204 d"usseldorf
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