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				#!/usr/bin/Rscript

				douarddaUnsubmitted Not Done Inline Actions please add a small comment that explains (one sentence should be enough) what this script does (even if it is quite simple). douardda: please add a small comment that explains (one sentence should be enough) what this script does…
				db <- tools::CRAN_package_db()
				dbjson <- jsonlite::toJSON(db)
				write(dbjson, stdout())
				eddelbuettelUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions That is sort-of the opposite of what I meant :) _if_ you really want this on stdout, fine _but_ maybe you would rather communicate by file? I do not know as I do not know the SWH protocol and API. Lastly, the data structure has 65 columns, and R is best equipped to deal with R data. If any subsequent work is needed, we should do it here. If, say, all you need it package name and version we can just excluded the other 63 columns. eddelbuettel: That is sort-of the opposite of what I meant :) _if_ you really want this on stdout, fine…
				nahimilegaAuthorUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions As discussed on IRC, there's no point going through a temporary file - @olasd There are some of the columns that are not required but they are not causing any harm in further processing. and there is no separate code to remove them either. Hence removing them or keeping them hardly matters in further execution. nahimilega: As discussed on IRC, > there's no point going through a temporary file - @olasd There are…
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				eddelbuettelUnsubmitted Done Inline Actions This `print()` to `stdout`; it would be easy to change to save to a (given or fixed) filename. R code does not need trailing semicolons. eddelbuettel: This `print()` to `stdout`; it would be easy to change to save to a (given or fixed) filename.