[Rd] CRAN scripts?

[Jeff Gentry]

On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Paul Gilbert wrote:
> versions, and I don't think require() checks versions. By putting the packages
> in a bundle I am relatively sure a user will get versions of the packages that
> are suppose to work together. Of course, this is a bigger problem than just my
> packages, so a more comprehensive solution would be better.

This is also a problem that reposTools attempts to solve.  Currently when
you try to install/update/download a package from a repository, it will
compare dependencies (listed in the "Depends" field of DESCRIPTION) and
retriee the specified packages/versions.