Ian Lyttle

I wonder if attaching such a file as an htmldependency might work.

@andrie: This is still half-baked, but it works for me. If there is anything useful there, you are welcome to it: https://github.com/ijlyttle/AzureDatalakeStore

I could be getting way ahead of myself here, but I had another look at pins-python's [`board_urls()`](https://github.com/rstudio/pins-python/blob/a3a3a10dbf6d6331419b931eeae0a17f752a880b/pins/constructors.py#L292): ```python def board_urls(path: str, pin_paths: dict, cache=DEFAULT, allow_pickle_read=None): ``` This seems closer to...

Super! I will rework things along these lines, and keep an eye open for ideas from @machow

I've got a first draft of the "reading" part of the work - a `board_url()` can take an URL that points to a manifest file, and support versions: ``` r...

I have added some error-handling: ``` r library("pins") github_raw Error in `board_url()`: #> ! Error requesting manifest-file from URL #> : #> Received HTTP code 502 from proxy after CONNECT...

proposed function `pin_manifest()`, which can write mainfest files for `board_folder()` - if accepted, could expand to `board_s3()`, ... ``` r library("pins") board Creating new version '20220919T194404Z-48c73' #> Writing to pin...

I need to think a bit more about the form of the function (your first point) before saying anything, but I did want to offer some rationale for why I...

I think we were/are on the same page for extending `pins_manifest()` for other boards; I also think I got too cute with the implementation. Hopefully this is closer to what...

Leave this alive (mostly dead?) for the time being?