On 07/06/2012 11:12, Matthew Dowle wrote:
Prof Ripley wrote :
(AFAIK the CRAN binary package providers expect users to be
using the current version of R.)
I guess it's quite common practice for very many users to fail that
expectation. I for one do. I'm used to seeing "Warning: package<x> was
build using<the latest R>" when installing from CRAN. But if the package
states "Depends (R>= 2.12.0)", for example, then I assume it's ok to use
it in R 2.14.1, for instance. As long as it passes its test suite in the
version of R I'm using, that's the main thing. Is that wrong?
It usually works. But when it doesn't, the choices are
- update the R.
- install from the sources.
That Depends line is about source installs.
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