Yes, this may have hit the news as a problem but any code anywhere can be a
security issue.
If you want to read lots of R code and also the code for add-ins from libraries
and compile everything from scratch with a trusted set of tools, and refuse to
open any of the files being discussed and s
If you really need a new package name, is there an accepted way to update
the old name to at least provide a message for a while as to the new name to
use and perhaps have the load otherwise fail?
-Original Message-
From: R-package-devel On Behalf Of
Dirk Eddelbuettel
Sent: Tuesday, June
