Am Donnerstag, 26. Februar 2015, 16:07:40 schrieb Johannes Ranke: > Yes, but beware that I only do backports of the packages listed in the > Debian README on CRAN.
and to be entirely clear, I only do fresh backports of r-base-* and other accessory packages upon a new R release. Johannes > 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
