Bug#861333: API transition of R packages

2017-04-27 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 27 Apr 2017, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > I feel like we have had the substitution of R (>= 'currentBuildVersion') for > a decade. I didn't realize that it was the current build version; I just assumed it was updated manually. -- Don Armstrong

Bug#861333: API transition of R packages

2017-04-27 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 27 April 2017 at 11:37, Don Armstrong wrote: | On Thu, 27 Apr 2017, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | > I don't know, and I tend not to run dated r-base-core packages. | | I'll try to check this out later. Thanks! | > Is that what debian/control ensures? | | Cool; I didn't check to see whether

Bug#861333: API transition of R packages

2017-04-27 Thread Don Armstrong
On Thu, 27 Apr 2017, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > I don't know, and I tend not to run dated r-base-core packages. I'll try to check this out later. > Is that what debian/control ensures? Cool; I didn't check to see whether the substitution variable had been updated. > I uploaded one beta build

Bug#861333: API transition of R packages

2017-04-27 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 27 April 2017 at 12:49, Don Armstrong wrote: | Control: severity -1 serious | | Do we know if this issue may also mean that any packages built with this | new version are incompatible with older R versions? [I'm thinking so, | but my ABI-fu is not super strong.] I don't know, and I tend not