In another thread you wrote:> One note: The "cloud" CRAN server is nowadays reachable as > > cloud.r-project.org > > and that is now the preferred URL.Should I understand from this that it is considered advisable that I use this URL as my default repository for downloading R and contributed packages from CRAN? Rather than making use of my "local mirror" (in my case cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz)? I have set options(repos="cloud.r-project.org") in my .Rprofile, and everything seems to work, and go like a train. Are there any disadvantages to so doing? cheers, Rolf -- Technical Editor ANZJS Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276
> On 17 Jan 2016, at 05:07 , Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote: > > > In another thread you wrote: > >> One note: The "cloud" CRAN server is nowadays reachable as >> >> cloud.r-project.org >> >> and that is now the preferred URL. > > Should I understand from this that it is considered advisable that I use this URL as my default repository for downloading R and contributed packages from CRAN? Rather than making use of my "local mirror" (in my case cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz)?No, not necessarily. It just means that the cloud service now has an official name as an R-project server. The main issue is that the name no longer implies a reliance on Rstudio as a company, nor can it be interpreted as advertisment of their services. (Rstudio still pioneered the service and, at least for now, also provides the infrastructure, and they deserve a lot of thanks for that. It was just that people were being apprehensive about using Rstudio services without using their products and about the long-term reliability of infrastructure rooted in a single commercial company.) - Peter D.> > I have set > > options(repos="cloud.r-project.org") > > in my .Rprofile, and everything seems to work, and go like a train. Are there any disadvantages to so doing? > > cheers, > > Rolf > > -- > Technical Editor ANZJS > Department of Statistics > University of Auckland > Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276 > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com
On 17/01/16 23:51, peter dalgaard wrote:>>> On 17 Jan 2016, at 05:07 , Rolf Turner <r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> >> wrote: >> >> >> In another thread you wrote: >> >>> One note: The "cloud" CRAN server is nowadays reachable as >>> >>> cloud.r-project.org >>> >>> and that is now the preferred URL. >> >> Should I understand from this that it is considered advisable that >> I use this URL as my default repository for downloading R and >> contributed packages from CRAN? Rather than making use of my >> "local mirror" (in my case cran.stat.auckland.ac.nz)? > > No, not necessarily. It just means that the cloud service now has an > official name as an R-project server. The main issue is that the name > no longer implies a reliance on Rstudio as a company, nor can it be > interpreted as advertisment of their services. > > (Rstudio still pioneered the service and, at least for now, also > provides the infrastructure, and they deserve a lot of thanks for > that. It was just that people were being apprehensive about using > Rstudio services without using their products and about the long-term > reliability of infrastructure rooted in a single commercial > company.)Okay, gottit. Thanks Peter. cheers, Rolf -- Technical Editor ANZJS Department of Statistics University of Auckland Phone: +64-9-373-7599 ext. 88276