[Rd] Request: better default R_LIBS_USER

[Felipe Contreras]

On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 6:39 PM Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd using debian.org> wrote:
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>
> On 16 March 2023 at 17:15, Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> | We're all starting out with a fresh R_LIBS_USER once a year when a new
> | minor version of R is released,
>
> Maybe not "we all". I don't, and I know other Linux users who don't force a
> rebuild unless needed (as with R 3.6.* -> R 4.0.0).

Then you are not using the default.

And BTW, that's why the default location probably should be in a "4"
directory, not "4.2". And since it's even more unlikely that the
platform is going to change from one version to the next:

    ~/.local/share/R/4

Or something like that.

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Felipe Contreras