Having just upgraded to 063.3 reminds me of a wish I have had for a long time. Could we not have libraries (sorry, packages) other than for the base distribution in a subdirectory [Rpath]/library/local/ or perhaps /library/packages. This tiny change would make administration so much simpler; I could move all the old packages into the new library in one fell swoop. Granted it's not hopelessly difficult to copy new onto old with overwriting and then move the old to the new, but with a system that looks set to continue to need frequent upgrades it would be really nice not to have to do all this. Plus it does make generally good sense to keep add-ons separate from a base package. Same in Splus of course but I've given up on that. Simon Fear -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
>>>>> Simon Fear writes:> Having just upgraded to 063.3 reminds me of a wish I have had for a > long time. Could we not have libraries (sorry, packages) other than > for the base distribution in a subdirectory [Rpath]/library/local/ or > perhaps /library/packages.> This tiny change would make administration so much simpler; I could > move all the old packages into the new library in one fell > swoop. Granted it's not hopelessly difficult to copy new onto old with > overwriting and then move the old to the new, but with a system that > looks set to continue to need frequent upgrades it would be really > nice not to have to do all this.> Plus it does make generally good sense to keep add-ons separate from a > base package.> Same in Splus of course but I've given up on that.There is an ongoing democratic decision-making process about this. What I want to have is R_HOME/R_VERSION/... R_HOME/R_VERSION/library/ R_HOME/site/... R_HOME/site/library/ I might add this soon after 0.64 is out ... -k -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._