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macOS workaround to avoid `stringi` issues #2

Closed grayskripko closed 1 year ago

grayskripko commented 1 year ago

Some time ago I saw you used github actions in order to update your data. Later I even used your script as a prototype for my project. I was suprised why you used macOS as a system until I faced with problems with R tidyverse installation, that required stringi package. Stringi installation on linux was pain but I was able to overcome it with

install.packages("stringi", repos = "https://cran.rstudio.com")

after reading a lot in stringi github issues section. Today I've found that macOS could be very expensive solution in terms of billable time so I suggest you to try to go back to linux system to save your minutes on github actions.

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From https://docs.github.com/en/billing/managing-billing-for-github-actions/about-billing-for-github-actions

jimmyday12 commented 1 year ago

Thanks for the comment and hope you found it useful. I'm not sure its the best approach but it has worked for a while.

In terms of billing - since this is a public repo, all Github Action minutes are free regardless of the platform used. I'm not sure if there would be other benefits for moving to Linux