[Rd] Proposal to limit Internet access during package load

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

Regarding 'system' libraries: Packages like stringi and nloptr download the
source of, respectively, libicu or libnlopt and build a library _if_ the
library is not found locally.  If we outlaw this, more users may hit a brick
wall because they cannot install system libraries (for lack of permissions),
or don't know how to, or ...  These facilities were not added to run afoul of
best practices -- they were added to help actual users. Something to keep in
mind. 

Dirk

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