[R-sig-Fedora] Plans for R 4.1 in Fedora?

[Tom Callaway]

Is there a way to know which R components provide graphics drivers? I would
really rather not rebuild everything if we do not have to.

~spot

On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 6:28 AM Iñaki Ucar <iucar using fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 22 May 2021 at 22:18, José Abílio Matos <jamatos using fc.up.pt> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >   what should be our plan for R 4.1 update in Fedora?
>
> See [1]. The plan is to wait for the next RStudio release and
> coordinate updates.
>
> [1] https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-fedora/2021-May/000736.html
>
> >   What are the pitfalls and the changes that we should be aware?
>
> The NEWS says: "The graphics engine version, R_GE_version, has been
> bumped to 14 and so packages that provide graphics devices should be
> reinstalled." But anyway, we should do the customary mass rebuild of
> packages to avoid other possible incompatibilities and "Package was
> built under version 4.0" messages.
>
> Iñaki
>
> >   The second semester (with the corresponding induced pandemic chaos) is
> > dimming down around here so I have at least time to breath again. :-)
> >
> >   FWIW I am in no hurry to have 4.1 in Fedora 34, my main interest is to
> have
> > it in rawhide and later if we find it suitable to backport it to F34.
> >
> >   FWIW since our last talk Octave (for version 7 at least) is starting by
> > default to have the major version in the path for packages. :-)
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > José Abílio
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