On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:32:59 +0200 Martin Maechler <maech...@stat.math.ethz.ch> wrote:
> Finally, I'd think it definitely would be nice for > install.packages("Matrix") to automatically get the correct > Matrix version from CRAN ... so we (R-core) would be grateful > for a patch to install.packages() to achieve this Since the binaries offered on CRAN are already of the correct version (1.7-0 for -release and -devel), only source package installation needs to concern itself with the Recommended subdirectory. Would it be possible to generate the PACKAGES* index files in the 4.4.0/Recommended subdirectory? Then on the R side it would be needed to add a new repo (adjusting chooseCRANmirror() to set it together with repos["CRAN"]) and keep the rest of the machinery intact. -- Best regards, Ivan ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel