Hi, I wonder if you have read the notes on R 3.5.0 on stretch on
https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/debian/ I think this should answer your questions. If not, please let us know. Johannes Am Sonntag, 13. Mai 2018, 09:03:13 CEST schrieb Bill Harris: > > 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 -- PD Dr. Johannes Ranke Grenzach-Wyhlen _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian