[R-sig-Debian] R 3.1.2 for Debian jessie/testing available on CRAN

[Johannes Ranke]

Yes, but beware that I only do backports of the packages listed in the Debian 
README on CRAN.

Kind regards,

Johannes

Am Donnerstag, 26. Februar 2015, 10:06:08 schrieb Mathieu Basille:
> Thanks Johannes to clarify this point. It makes more sense to me now. So I
> understand that the idea is to make it simpler without apt-pinning for less
> adventurous people (I mean normal people :)): just add jessie-cran3 repo
> and you're good to go.
> 
> Am I also correct that jessie-cran3 is essentially a backport of Debian
> SID, with some (short?) delay? In other words, modulo a couple of days,
> R-related stuff should have the same version with both approaches? (while
> Debian Jessie is only updated from time to time, and will not be after
> Jessie is released)
> 
> Thanks again,
> Mathieu.
> 
> Le 26/02/2015 09:56, Johannes Ranke a écrit :
> > Dear Mathieu, dear list,
> > 
> > if you have successfully set up apt pinning for R packages, then you have
> > the most up-to date Debian packages for R at your fingertips.
> > 
> > I set up the repository for Debian jessie so people do not have to use apt
> > pinning in order to get Debian 3.1.2 on jessie. Plus, when jessie is
> > released, the repository is already there, and after the release of
> > jessie it is likely that at some point the binary sid packages will not
> > be installable on jessie.
> > 
> > Kind regards,
> > 
> > Johannes
> > 
> > Am Donnerstag, 26. Februar 2015, 08:55:20 schrieb Mathieu Basille:
> >> Dear Johannes,
> >> 
> >> Thanks a lot for this work! I have to admit that I'm now a little bit
> >> puzzled, though. I'm running Debian Jessie (current testing) with great
> >> satisfaction. When it comes to R, I simply have the SID repository
> >> (official Debian) enabled, with some pining to get only R-related stuff.
> >> 
> >> Now, I'm not sure to understand the benefit of using the CRAN repository
> >> for Jessie—I feel like I'm missing the point. I understand that these are
> >> backports from Debian repositories, so I guess that jessie-cran3 is
> >> probably synced with Debian-SID from time to time, right? (which means it
> >> is essentially the same, with maybe a slight additional delay)
> >> 
> >> After a quick check of essential packages (in the Debian and R sense) for
> >> me, I found out that Debian-SID is always the best choice, providing the
> >> latest stable packages in all cases, while Debian-Jessie doesn't, and
> >> jessie-cran3 is somewhat in between. For example (the comparison works
> >> for
> >> version numbers):
> >> 
> >> r-base: Debian-SID = jessie-cran3 > Debian-Jessie
> >> survival: Debian-SID > jessie-cran3 = Debian-Jessie
> >> Matrix: Debian-SID = jessie-cran3 > Debian-Jessie
> >> MASS: Debian-SID > jessie-cran3 > Debian-Jessie
> >> 
> >> So my question is: now that the Jessie repository in CRAN is up (thanks
> >> again!), what would be the preferred way to handle R-related stuff on
> >> Debian Jessie?
> >> 
> >> Thanks for any clarification!
> >> Mathieu.
> >> 
> >> Le 01/02/2015 15:48, Johannes Ranke a écrit :
> >>>> The repository for jessie is in the works - but don't expect it to be
> >>>> up
> >>>> before next weekend.
> >>> 
> >>> It's there now.
> >>> 
> >>> Kind regards
> >>> 
> >>> Johannes
> >>> 
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