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kingchencandGitHub 5b7523265c Make the R binding self-contained (fetch the C ABI at install time) (#235)
## Problem
The R package built **only** inside the dev/CI workspace. `src/Makevars` and `configure.win` hard-required `WICKRA_INCLUDE_DIR` / `WICKRA_LIB_DIR` pointing at a pre-built `libwickra` (`configure.win` literally `: "${WICKRA_LIB_DIR:?...}"`), and there was no Unix `configure`. So **r-universe** and any plain `install.packages` / `install_github` failed — R had no working end-user install path.

## Fix
Fetch the prebuilt `wickra-c-<triple>.tar.gz` release asset matching the package version at install time and bundle the library into the package (same outcome as the C# / Java bindings, which bundle per-platform native libs):

- **New POSIX `configure`** (the Unix hook R lacked): detect OS/arch → triple, download + `untar` via **base R** (no curl/wget system dep), stage `wickra.h` + `libwickra.{so,dylib}` into `src/`, generate `src/Makevars` from `Makevars.in` with an rpath (`$ORIGIN` Linux, `@loader_path` + `install_name_tool` macOS) so the bundled lib resolves post-install.
- **`configure.win`**: drop the hard `WICKRA_LIB_DIR` requirement; download the Windows triple when unset, then keep the existing `wickra_abi.dll` rename + `objdump`/`dlltool` import-lib dance (sourcing the dll/header from the asset).
- **`install.libs.R`** also bundles `libwickra.dylib` (macOS); the `*.so`/`*.dll` globs already covered Linux/Windows.
- `WICKRA_INCLUDE_DIR`/`WICKRA_LIB_DIR` stay as an optional **dev override**.
- **CI (3 OS)** keeps building against the locally built C ABI (version-independent — avoids the chicken-egg of downloading the in-flight version) but **no longer exports `LD_LIBRARY_PATH`/`DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH`**, so it now verifies the bundled rpath — the real self-contained path users and r-universe get.

`Makevars` is now generated from `Makevars.in`; `SystemRequirements` + ignore/attributes files updated.

## Validation
- The Windows `objdump`/`dlltool` import-lib dance was smoke-tested locally against the real v0.7.9 asset (2412 `wickra_` exports → import lib built).
- Linux/macOS rpath bundling can't be tested on this Windows host → **the 3-OS `r` CI job is the gate** (now without the loader-path mask).
- Follow-up (separate, after release): set up `wickra-lib/wickra-lib.r-universe.dev` (`packages.json` → `bindings/r`).

Closes the R half of the self-contained-distribution gap (`todo-10`).
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Package: wickra
Type: Package
Title: Streaming-First Technical Indicators
Version: 0.7.9
Authors@R: person("Wickra contributors", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "support@wickra.org")
Description: R bindings for the Wickra technical-analysis library over its C ABI
hub. Exposes 514 indicators, each an O(1) streaming state machine shared with
the Rust core and the other language bindings, so that live and historical
evaluation use the exact same implementation.
License: MIT + file LICENSE | Apache License 2.0
URL: https://github.com/wickra-lib/wickra, https://docs.wickra.org
BugReports: https://github.com/wickra-lib/wickra/issues
Encoding: UTF-8
NeedsCompilation: yes
SystemRequirements: the Wickra C ABI shared library, downloaded automatically at
install time from the matching GitHub release and bundled into the package.
Set WICKRA_INCLUDE_DIR and WICKRA_LIB_DIR to build against a locally built C
ABI instead (e.g. after `cargo build -p wickra-c --release`).
Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
Suggests: testthat (>= 3.0.0)
Config/testthat/edition: 3
Config/roxygen2/version: 8.0.0