Bug#557199: [Debian-med-packaging] r-cran-epir_0.9-19-1_i386.changes REJECTED
>> more than ASCII format, what we need is the preferred form for making
>> modifications. Binary format by itself is not a problem since there is no loss
>> of information between both formats. I am not against including a text dump of
>> the R object, but I would like to make clear that if this becomes a requirement
>> for R packages to enter in Debian, then many packages from the gnu-r section
>> are probably RC-buggy…
> I would like to know your conclusion on *Rdata files. They are example data
> files for the documentation and the regression tests. Many r-cran-* packages
> contain them. My personal opinion is that since they can be read, written,
> modified, and exported with R, they are a ‘preferential form’ for modification.
> I am currently holding my work on the r-cran-* packages I co-maintain until I
> get your answer.
How are they usually modified? The format in which that happens is what
we need (together with the ability to do that within Debian).
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bye, Joerg
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