On the plus side, all binary packages on CRAN are built from source code automatically by the CRAN team, so it would be a bit audacious to include "unsafe" code when the source code had to reviewable at any time.
There is nothing in R that would prevent a user from downloading a binary package from a non-CRAN source, though. The only legally defensible answer is No, you use this at your own risk. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. On December 8, 2016 9:55:17 AM PST, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4...@gmail.com> wrote: >1. What does "Safe" mean??? > >2. From the R banner on startup: > >"R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY." > >Don't think it could be clearer than that! > >Cheers, >Bert > > >Bert Gunter > >"The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along >and sticking things into it." >-- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) > > >On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Dimitri Liakhovitski ><dimitri.liakhovit...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Guys, >> >> suddenly, I am being asked for a proof that R packages that are not >> '"base" are safe. I've never been asked this question before. >> >> Is there some documentation on CRAN that discusses how it's ensured >> that all "official" R packages have been "vetted" and are safe? >> >> Thanks a lot! >> >> -- >> Dimitri Liakhovitski >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
