[R-sig-Fedora] R 4.0.0

[José Abílio Matos]

On Thursday, 14 May 2020 21.30.13 WEST Iñaki Ucar wrote:
> Mmmh... but then you have to change that in the packages' SPEC and
> rebuild them anyway when you update R. So... what's the advantage of
> this?

We already have other examples of how to do this with less steps. :-)

Create macros like

%{r_sitearch}
%{r_sitelib}

that expand with the R version being used and place them in R-rpm-macros and 
change all the R srpms to use them. We can also contribute changes to srpm 
generators like https://pagure.io/r2spec.

This is a one-time change.

Then when a new R version shows up it is enough to bump the release and 
rebuild the package. With the added advantage that all the cobwebs and dust 
are cleaned. :-)

Another advantage is that the boilerplate code required to create a srpm 
package decreases. :-)

Regards,
-- 
José Abílio