> > Date: Sat, 5 May 2018 18:02:12 -0500 > From: Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org> > To: Matthieu S <matthieu.stig...@gmail.com> > Cc: r-sig-debian@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R-sig-Debian] Ubuntu 18.04 bionic: availability of R > Ubuntu packages/ppa? > Message-ID: <23278.14324.913149.453...@rob.eddelbuettel.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Thanks, we try. Not too much infrastructure that we have built so these > transitions can be slow. On my side, Debian has one schedules but not yet > started.
Dirk, all, I can't say enough about my appreciation of the work you folks do in keeping R going so well on Debian. In these interesting times, I think you're saying that things will resolve themselves at some point, but we're in a transition. I see a number of postings on Ubuntu, but I'm on Debian Stretch, trying to figure out the safest way to go. Does something like this make sense: 1. aptitude safe-upgrade should be safe: there won't be any 3.5.0 Debian packages coming through until the environment is ready for them to come through (which most likely means that base R and other Stretch R packages are upgraded to 3.5.0?).. 2. update.packages() inside R is /not/ safe, because it could pick up problematic packages from CRAN that aren't under your control. 3. install.packages() inside R is /not/ safe, for the same reason. 4. A prominent note will be posted here, when these two restrictions are removed. Are those true statements? Would steps 2 and 3 work if the packages don't require compiled C++ code? If so, is there a way to tell which packages are at risk without memorizing what seems like a very long list? If we (think we) need a new package we don't currently have installed, are we out of luck until 3.5.0 is officially released in Stretch? Is there a place where an official summary of the state of the R system on Stretch is maintained? I've tried to scan this list, but I may well have missed the answers to my questions about Stretch. Thank you, Bill [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian