[Rd] R 4.4.0 has version of Matrix 1.7-0, but it's not available on CRAN

[Gábor Csárdi]

I don't know if this is a bug, but it is certainly weird. AFAICT R
4.4.0 has Matrix 1.7-0.

However, currently CRAN has

Package: Matrix
Version: 1.6-5
Priority: recommended
Depends: R (>= 3.5.0), methods
...

(plus another version for R >= 4.5.0 only).

Which has some weird consequences, e.g. if I have an R 4.4.0
installation without the recommended packages, I don't have a way of
installing Matrix 1.7-0. Whereas R 4.4.0 installations with
recommended packages come with Matrix 1.7-0.

Gabor