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

[Johannes Ranke]

Am Donnerstag, 26. Februar 2015, 16:07:40 schrieb Johannes Ranke:
> Yes, but beware that I only do backports of the packages listed in the
> Debian README on CRAN.

and to be entirely clear, I only do fresh backports of r-base-* and other 
accessory packages upon a new R release.

Johannes
 
> 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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