set up drat repo via github http about sl3 HOT 7 CLOSED

Could be worth integrating some ideas from this post by rOpenSci.

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Initial attempt at setting up a drat archive is available here; still working out some minor issues.

update: All issues resolved.

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Probably best to set up the drat archive to update automatically using Travis -- vignette here.

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Thanks Nima!

Should we merge it into main repo? For auto travis deployment (which is a really neat feature and a great reason to use drat repo), maybe we can just copy paste data.table set-up? https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/blob/master/.travis.yml
https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/blob/master/deploy.sh

Also, an interesting idea is a script for automated CRAN submissions:
https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/blob/master/CRAN_Release.cmd

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I'm not entirely confident that I put the drat archive together correctly. I can make the relevant changes for travis and deployment (and open a PR for master). I sorta bypassed our PR system and pushed the drat to branch gh-pages (if we turn on GitHub Pages for this branch then the package tar files should be available online via jeremyrcoyle.github.io/sl3) -- as we make changes (e.g., adding new release versions), we should open PRs for that branch.

I really like the idea of automated CRAN submissions -- we should look into this when we get closer to a CRAN release (and we'll have to edit the script that the data.table group uses a bit heavily).

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Any update on this issue?

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There is a drat-type repo currently set up under branch gh-pages. I was thinking about how to automate the build process yesterday; will try to get this done this week.

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