R-alpha: data in contributed packages

[Kurt Hornik]

>>>>> Paul Gilbert writes:

> Friedrich

> Regarding the location of data for libraries it might be easier if
> everything for one library is included in one subdirectory. At least
> it would certainly be easier to clean-up, which I like to do every few
> years.  Thus the code file, data, and any compiled code would be in
> one subdirectory under $RHOME/library.

Like

	library/<section>/
	library/<section>/data
	library/<section>/exec		(scripts and or binaries which
					 only make sense for the add-on)
	library/<section>/funs
	library/<section>/help
	library/<section>/html
	library/<section>/objs		(*.so)

???

> I realize this means a small change to the way libraries are now
> found, but in the end I think it would be much cleaner.

I think the changes would not be too hard, and we need to do something
about the directory structure anyway.

-k
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