Uff, thanks for letting us know in advance!! I believe this means another fresh repository in CRAN for the corresponding R release...
Johannes Am Montag, 18. September 2017, 22:41:04 CEST schrieb Charles Plessy: > Hello everybody, > > I just wanted to relay the information that some R packages will need a > rebuild after the next upgrade of R. (see the email forwarded below.) > > (By the way, I apologise in advance that I am being crushed for time > currently and will not be able to help much). > > Cheers, > > -- Charles > > ----- Forwarded message ----- > > Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:28:48 -0500 (CDT) > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Rd] R-devel object header changes that require reinstalling > packages Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1709121326430.30468@luke-Latitude> > > For anyone using the development version of R: > > svn revision 73243 introduces some changes to the memory layout of R > objects that require reinstalling packages using compiled > code. Attempting to load incompatible packages should signal an > error. These changes are to support a new extension framework for > basic R objects > (https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/ALTREP/ALTREP.html outlines the > framework). Merging the remainder of the framework should not > introduce more binary changes and is expected to occur in the next few > months. > > Best, > > luke -- Johannes Ranke Wissenschaftlicher Berater https://jrwb.de/contact
