Prof Brian Ripley wrote:
install/update.packages() in R-devel has been enhanced in a few ways,I would prefer b), as I am downloading from the Rgui menu and then moves downloaded packages
notably to handle multiple repositories, and to allow packages to be reinstalled under the current version of R.
1) Currently they will ask if you want to delete the downloaded files (if any) *provided* destdir was not specified. In that case it uses a subdirectory of the per-session temporary directory, so the files will be deleted at the end of the R session anyway.
We had a request to make the questioning optional. I propose to remove it altogether, and either
a) delete the downloaded files at the end of install.packages or
b) leave them in the per-session directory to be deleted at the end of the session.
that is to force answer 'y' or 'n' respectively. Does anyone see any problems with a)?
to a c:\download... area which I use to burn CD-roms I distribute to many people. If a) is choosen I guess
I could learn to use it from the command line, though. What is the problem with b)?
Kjetil
2) ?packageStatus says
Summarize information about installed packages and packages available at various repositories, and automatically upgrade outdated packages. These tools will replace 'update.packages' and friends in the future and are currently work in progress.
but `progress' seems to have been at a halt for a long time. The one feature I use it for is finding non-installed packages, and we could easily add a function non_installed.packages() and an option to install.packages() to add (selectively) uninstalled packages (and a stop list might be useful, so you do not get repeatedly asked about packages which fail).
Do people use it, and if so for what purposes and what improvements would they like? (I am thinking of, e.g, ways to extract parts of the output.)
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