Ben Bolker
2021-Jul-25 23:23 UTC
[Rd] Feature request: Change default library path on Windows
Given (AFAICS) the absence of any actual R-core members
<https://www.r-project.org/contributors.html> chiming into the
discussion here, and provided that you think that the issue has been
sufficiently discussed, I would say the next step ("how to go about
making the change") is to compose & submit a wishlist request to the R
bug tracker ...
It might also be worth reaching out to/double-checking with Jeroen
Ooms (Rtools maintainer and Windows infrastructure expert; I don't know
if he has any more formal association with R-core/CRAN ?)
cheers
Ben Bolker
On 7/25/21 6:35 PM, Steve Haroz wrote:>> So I would say that I still believe Microsoft doesn't give clear
>> guidance for this.
>
> Sure, there is some ambiguity on where MS would prefer these kinds of
> files. But what is clear is that the current location USER/Documents
> is causing a serious issue.
>
> And while we can all understand frustration with Microsoft, Windows
> users represent a major proportion of the R install base. So let's see
> what we can do to help out those users. Changing the default location
> to either USER/R or USER/AppData/Local/R would help a lot of users,
> both beginners and those with moderate experience who switch to a new
> cloud backup.
>
> Microsoft is unlikely to put out new guidance any time soon. And the
> current guidance doesn't seem opposed to putting R libraries in either
> suggested location. So how about we just pick one (I suggest USER/R
> for simplicity) and discuss how to go about making the change?
>
> -Steve
>
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Duncan Murdoch
2021-Jul-25 23:30 UTC
[Rd] Feature request: Change default library path on Windows
On 25/07/2021 7:23 p.m., Ben Bolker wrote:> Given (AFAICS) the absence of any actual R-core members > <https://www.r-project.org/contributors.html> chiming into the > discussion here, and provided that you think that the issue has been > sufficiently discussed, I would say the next step ("how to go about > making the change") is to compose & submit a wishlist request to the R > bug tracker ...With a patch attached, it might be accepted. Duncan Murdoch> It might also be worth reaching out to/double-checking with Jeroen > Ooms (Rtools maintainer and Windows infrastructure expert; I don't know > if he has any more formal association with R-core/CRAN ?) > > cheers > Ben Bolker > > > On 7/25/21 6:35 PM, Steve Haroz wrote: >>> So I would say that I still believe Microsoft doesn't give clear >>> guidance for this. >> >> Sure, there is some ambiguity on where MS would prefer these kinds of >> files. But what is clear is that the current location USER/Documents >> is causing a serious issue. >> >> And while we can all understand frustration with Microsoft, Windows >> users represent a major proportion of the R install base. So let's see >> what we can do to help out those users. Changing the default location >> to either USER/R or USER/AppData/Local/R would help a lot of users, >> both beginners and those with moderate experience who switch to a new >> cloud backup. >> >> Microsoft is unlikely to put out new guidance any time soon. And the >> current guidance doesn't seem opposed to putting R libraries in either >> suggested location. So how about we just pick one (I suggest USER/R >> for simplicity) and discuss how to go about making the change? >> >> -Steve >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-devel at r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >> > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel >