I think many would object to automatic check at every start-up. For the issue at hand, perhaps a check inside bug.report() would go a long way? Just an idea...
Andy From: Barry Rowlingson > > Since many posts to R-devel/help invoke this response: > > Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > > Please, use the current version of R and not an obselete one > > is there an argument for including a version check on R > startup? These things seem somewhat in vogue these days > (what with everything on the internet being in a permanent > 'beta' state), and software will often start up with 'A new > version of Foobar is available' dialog. > > Perhaps R.version could return a component that says > 'current', 'buggy', or 'obsolete' as appropriate? > > It would need a file on a well-known URL to give the > version information, an internet connection, and a bit of R > code. And obviously a server capable of handling the load... > > I'd vote to have the version check off by default, perhaps > settable at compile-time, and configurable by the usual R > startup mechanism. The check wouldn't run if R is running > with the BATCH command. Personally, I'd switch it off > completely, because these things annoy me. > > Maybe this is already in R, but I'm using an obsolete > version at the moment (2.4.0). > > Barry > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments,...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
