[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#819001: ITP: r-cran-curl -- GNU R modern and flexible web client for R

[Andreas Tille]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Andreas Tille <tille at debian.org>

* Package name    : r-cran-curl
  Version         : 0.9.6
  Upstream Author : Jeroen Ooms <jeroen.ooms at stat.ucla.edu>
* URL             : https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/curl/
* License         : MIT
  Programming Lang: GNU R
  Description     : GNU R modern and flexible web client for R
 The curl() and curl_download() functions provide highly configurable drop-
 in replacements for base url() and download.file() with better
 performance, support for encryption (https, ftps), gzip compression,
 authentication, and other libcurl goodies. The core of the package
 implements a framework for performing fully customized requests where
 data can be processed either in memory, on disk, or streaming via the
 callback or connection interfaces. Some knowledge of libcurl is
 recommended; for a more-user-friendly web client see the 'httr' package
 which builds on this package with http specific tools and logic.


Remark: This package belongs to the pyramid of dependencies for r-cran-treescape
and will be maintained by the Debian Med team at
    svn://anonscm.debian.org/debian-med/trunk/packages/R/r-cran-curl/trunk/