Bug#710827: ITP: r-cran-downloader -- GNU R package for downloading files over http and https

[Sebastian Gibb <sgibb.debian@gmail.com>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Sebastian Gibb <sgibb.debian@gmail.com>

* Package name    : r-cran-downloader
  Version         : 0.3
  Upstream Author : Winston Chang <winston@stdout.org>
* URL             : http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/downloader/index.html
* License         : GPL-2
  Programming Lang: R
  Description     : GNU R package for downloading files over http and https

This package provides a wrapper for the download.file function, making it
possible to download files over https on Windows, Mac OS X, and other
Unix-like platforms.