On Fri, 26 Apr 2024, at 11:32 AM, Martin Maechler wrote: >>>>>> Gábor Csárdi >>>>>> on Fri, 26 Apr 2024 11:55:36 +0200 writes: > > > I don't know if this is a bug, but it is certainly weird. AFAICT R > > 4.4.0 has Matrix 1.7-0. > > Yes, it *is* available from CRAN: You can see it when looking into the > > 4.4.0/ , specifically the > 4.4.0/Recommended/ sub directory. > > Recommended packages should be built as part of R > unless *you* really want to *not* get them by choosing at > configure time, not to get them via extra flag > --without-recommended-packages. > > So, well, you got what you wanted. > > > However, currently CRAN has > > > Package: Matrix > > Version: 1.6-5 > > Priority: recommended > > Depends: R (>= 3.5.0), methods > > ... > . > Yes, because it has to provide Matrix to R versions before 4.4.0 > and Matrix 1.7-0 has 'Depends: R (>= 4.4.0)' > > > (plus another version for R >= 4.5.0 only). > > > Which has some weird consequences, e.g. if I have an R 4.4.0 > > installation without the recommended packages, > > (why would you explicitly choose *not* to have the > recommended packages when they *are* recommended .. :-b ) > ...
Hi Martin. I appreciate the efforts you are going to balance these Matrix updates across CRAN versions. Related, but a little tangential, to the installation situation, I'd still expect the canonical CRAN link (https://cran.r-project.org/package=Matrix) to provide links to the *current* version. Currently links to a source tarball and the reference manual is for 1.6.5 (I'm guessing vignettes are also from 1.6.5.). Best Tim ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
