Yes, but beware that I only do backports of the packages listed in the Debian README on CRAN.
Kind regards, Johannes Am Donnerstag, 26. Februar 2015, 10:06:08 schrieb Mathieu Basille: > Thanks Johannes to clarify this point. It makes more sense to me now. So I > understand that the idea is to make it simpler without apt-pinning for less > adventurous people (I mean normal people :)): just add jessie-cran3 repo > and you're good to go. > > Am I also correct that jessie-cran3 is essentially a backport of Debian > SID, with some (short?) delay? In other words, modulo a couple of days, > R-related stuff should have the same version with both approaches? (while > Debian Jessie is only updated from time to time, and will not be after > Jessie is released) > > Thanks again, > Mathieu. > > Le 26/02/2015 09:56, Johannes Ranke a écrit : > > Dear Mathieu, dear list, > > > > if you have successfully set up apt pinning for R packages, then you have > > the most up-to date Debian packages for R at your fingertips. > > > > I set up the repository for Debian jessie so people do not have to use apt > > pinning in order to get Debian 3.1.2 on jessie. Plus, when jessie is > > released, the repository is already there, and after the release of > > jessie it is likely that at some point the binary sid packages will not > > be installable on jessie. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Johannes > > > > Am Donnerstag, 26. Februar 2015, 08:55:20 schrieb Mathieu Basille: > >> Dear Johannes, > >> > >> Thanks a lot for this work! I have to admit that I'm now a little bit > >> puzzled, though. I'm running Debian Jessie (current testing) with great > >> satisfaction. When it comes to R, I simply have the SID repository > >> (official Debian) enabled, with some pining to get only R-related stuff. > >> > >> Now, I'm not sure to understand the benefit of using the CRAN repository > >> for Jessie—I feel like I'm missing the point. I understand that these are > >> backports from Debian repositories, so I guess that jessie-cran3 is > >> probably synced with Debian-SID from time to time, right? (which means it > >> is essentially the same, with maybe a slight additional delay) > >> > >> After a quick check of essential packages (in the Debian and R sense) for > >> me, I found out that Debian-SID is always the best choice, providing the > >> latest stable packages in all cases, while Debian-Jessie doesn't, and > >> jessie-cran3 is somewhat in between. For example (the comparison works > >> for > >> version numbers): > >> > >> r-base: Debian-SID = jessie-cran3 > Debian-Jessie > >> survival: Debian-SID > jessie-cran3 = Debian-Jessie > >> Matrix: Debian-SID = jessie-cran3 > Debian-Jessie > >> MASS: Debian-SID > jessie-cran3 > Debian-Jessie > >> > >> So my question is: now that the Jessie repository in CRAN is up (thanks > >> again!), what would be the preferred way to handle R-related stuff on > >> Debian Jessie? > >> > >> Thanks for any clarification! > >> Mathieu. > >> > >> Le 01/02/2015 15:48, Johannes Ranke a écrit : > >>>> The repository for jessie is in the works - but don't expect it to be > >>>> up > >>>> before next weekend. > >>> > >>> It's there now. > >>> > >>> Kind regards > >>> > >>> Johannes > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> R-SIG-Debian mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian -- PD Dr. Johannes Ranke Kronacher Str. 8 79639 Grenzach-Wyhlen _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
