covidregionaldata archived on CRAN

[seabbs]

https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/covidregionaldata/index.html
https://cran-archive.r-project.org/web/checks/2022/2022-06-03_check_results_covidregionaldata.html

Due to issues with data being downloaded in the vignettes and readme. This is related to issues with the French data but solving the more general problem of depending on internet resources would be a good idea. I will start looking at this at the end of the week with the plan of a new CRAN release with these issues fixed next week.

[seabbs]

Related to #471 and workaround in #470 by @RichardMN (though perhaps we need to address the root of the problem).

[seabbs]

I'd just suggest we move to having articles vs vignettes: https://usethis.r-lib.org/reference/use_vignette.html

[seabbs]

Another option is local vignette knitting though I think maybe not optimal here? https://ropensci.org/blog/2019/12/08/precompute-vignettes/

[jamesmbaazam]

I see this package is still archived. I suggest indicating that in the README and About (GitHub) to signal to future users.

Which newer options would you recommend for getting COVID-19 data?