[SPARK-18590] R - Include package vignettes and help pages, build source package in Spark distribution

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.1.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.1.0
• Component/s: SparkR
• Target Version/s: 2.1.0
• Assignee: Felix Cheung
• Reporter: Felix Cheung
• Created: 25/Nov/16 22:57
• Updated: 15/Dec/16 05:05
• Resolved: 08/Dec/16 19:32

Description

We should include in Spark distribution the built source package for SparkR. This will enable help and vignettes when the package is used. Also this source package is what we would release to CRAN.

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #16014 (felixcheung)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #16218 (shivaram)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #16221 (shivaram)