All DESCRIPTION files are available as: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/{pkg}/DESCRIPTION
For example, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/cli/DESCRIPTION. So, you could manually iterate over all CRAN packages and download these files one by one. An alternative is to rsync just the DESCRIPTION files, cf. https://cran.r-project.org/mirror-howto.html. FWIW, NAMESPACE files are available in the same way. Henrik On Sun, May 18, 2025, 07:10 Kenny, Christopher < christopherke...@fas.harvard.edu> wrote: > I think this is a good case for using the unofficial GitHub CRAN mirror. > Then you can just use the search like so: > > > https://github.com/search?q=org%3Acran%20%22Config%2Frextendr%2Fversion%22%20&type=code > > Best, > Chris > > ________________________________ > From: R-package-devel <r-package-devel-boun...@r-project.org> on behalf > of Josiah Parry <josiah.pa...@gmail.com> > Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2025 9:59 AM > To: R Package Development <r-package-devel@r-project.org> > Subject: [R-pkg-devel] Read CRAN package DESCRIPTION without downloading > source > > Hey Folks, > > Is there a way to view the DESCRIPTION file for packages on CRAN _without_ > downloading the source? > > I'd like to identify packages with the field `Config/rextendr/version` in > order to be able to triage code changes in the future. > > Thanks, > > Josiah > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
