Changes in Dryad's ZIP download feature

[ryscher]

Dryad has recently changed our internal process for generating ZIP files that allow download of an entire dataset.

As a result of these changes, the vast majority of downloads will start faster. However, for larger datasets (currently above 200MB), a single-ZIP download will not be available. In these cases, dryad_download will not work, and users should be directed to use dryad_files_download instead.

[bmaitner]

Following up on this, dryad_files_download also seems to be experiencing problems, as both of the examples from the documentation throw errors reading "Error in file(file) : invalid 'description' argument"

[mpadge]

Thanks @ryscher and @bmaitner. As stated on the README, this package will be superceded by {deposits}, which will expand to include dryad as soon as we can secure further funding for that project. Please bear with us :smile:

[bmaitner]

@mpadge Totally understandable (and relatable! ). Looking forward to the update to deposits!

[brunj7]

@mpadge Is there an update on this effort regarding DRYAD? I am asking to know if I should consider adding DRYAD support as a feature to metajam which leverages DataONE API to download data and metadata together. So far we have mainly focused on EML supported data repositories. Thank you!

[mpadge]

@brunj7 No updates yes, sorry to report. Further funding for deposits is still uncertain. Once more is known, this will be addressed via https://github.com/ropenscilabs/deposits/issues/41.