[R-SIG-Mac] R 3.4.1 precompiled binary for Mac?

[Marc Schwartz]

> On Jul 6, 2017, at 4:21 PM, MacQueen, Don <macqueen1 at llnl.gov> wrote:
> 
> Sorry, I first sent this to
>   r-sig-mac-bounces at r-project.org
> by mistake. Apologies for any spam-like effect.
> -Don
> 
> Hi, the newest precompiled binary for Mac that I have been able to find on a CRAN mirror is 3.4.0. This wouldn’t be much of a concern; I don’t mind waiting. Except that:
> 
> (running in R 3.4.0)
> 
> require(sp)
> Loading required package: sp
> Warning message:
> package 'sp' was built under R version 3.4.1
> 
> So, what are the prospects for a 3.4.1 binary on CRAN? Or am I somehow doing something wrong? I’ve hit “Refresh” many times in my browser. Or am I just being impatient? (only about a week since R 3.4.1 was released)
> 
> 
> The sp package was a binary install:
> 
> install.packages('sp')
> Installing package into '/Users/macqueen1/Library/R/3.4/library'
> (as 'lib' is unspecified)
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> trying URL 'https://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/macosx/el-capitan/contrib/3.4/sp_1.2-5.tgz'
> Content type 'application/x-gzip' length 1545668 bytes (1.5 MB)
> ==================================================
> downloaded 1.5 MB
> 
> The downloaded binary packages are in
>        /var/folders/ts/p_9qz7b54kb5sy2sfs7vtdwh001k0_/T//RtmpXfXSP3/downloaded_packages
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks
> -Don



Hi Don,

I would imagine that it should be up soon. 

I might expect that with useR! 2017 going on in Brussels this week, along with DSC and R Foundation meetings, the binary build process for 3.4.1 may be delayed.

Regards,

Marc Schwartz