[R] adding option in the Windows installer for --internet2

[Adaikalavan Ramasamy]

Yes, corporate firewall can be a real pain at times. Duncan does have a
point that many users (especially new ones) will not know what this is
for.

Would it be possible to test during the installation process if
--internet2 is suitable and ask for confirmation from the user. A
message as follows may suffice 

"The installation process has detected that you might be behind a
firewall which could affect downloading of new packages. If this is
true, a modification(?) will be made."
[Yes/No]



On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 21:51, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 16:18:43 -0400, "Liaw, Andy" <andy_liaw at merck.com>
> wrote :
> 
> >[Not sure if such wishlist item should go to R-help or R-devel...]
> >
> >It would be nice if an option can be added to the R for Windows installer
> >that will add the --internet2 option to the command line in the shortcut
> >that gets created.  Also, is it possible to make that an option that can be
> >set at the R prompt, or perhaps even better, as the default no matter
> >how/where R is started?  For those of us behind corporate firewalls, life
> >w/o --internet2 is not terribly pleasant, and naÃ¯ve users are too naÃ¯ve to
> >remember that...
> 
> It would be easy to put there, but I can't for the life of me figure
> out how I would document it.  If a user is too naive to know to use it
> when running R, how would they know which choice to make when
> installing it?
> 
> Alternatively, if you know a test that could determine whether
> --internet2 is desirable, perhaps the installer could use that.
> 
> As to the idea of switching at the R prompt or as a global
> configuration option:  those are probably possible, possibly tricky,
> patches to do them will be considered.
> 
> Duncan Murdoch
> 
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