R help - Aug 2017 - generating cran package list matching R minor version

Dear All,

It is a common problem to update R for distributors. My challenge is to 
maintain R module files for a cluster, using easybuild.

My question is: Is there a way to derive a list of cran packages and 
their version for a given version of R?

In case addressing the R-help list is addressing wrong list, any pointer 
is appreciated.

Best regards,

Christian Meesters

> On Aug 9, 2017, at 5:38 AM, Christian Meesters <meesters at
uni-mainz.de> wrote:
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> It is a common problem to update R for distributors. My challenge is to
maintain R module files for a cluster, using easybuild.
> 
> My question is: Is there a way to derive a list of cran packages and their
version for a given version of R?
I'm wondering whether this is a well-defined question. The could have been
several versions of a package released over the course of any given interval
during which any one version (major or minor variants) of R might have been
"current". You should ascertain the dimensions of the problem by first
viewing three webpages:

1) https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/     # versions of R (source)
2) https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_summary_by_package.html 
#(current packages by fork of R)
3) https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive   # Package
Archive
> 
> In case addressing the R-help list is addressing wrong list, any pointer is
appreciated.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Christian Meesters
> 
-- 

David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA

'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.' 
-Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law

I believe that https://mran.microsoft.com/packages contains daily snapshots
of CRAN and you can use the 'checkpoint' package to retrieve packages as
they were on any given day.

Bill Dunlap
TIBCO Software
wdunlap tibco.com

On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 9:38 AM, David Winsemius <dwinsemius at
comcast.net>
wrote:
>
> > On Aug 9, 2017, at 5:38 AM, Christian Meesters <meesters at
uni-mainz.de>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > It is a common problem to update R for distributors. My challenge is
to
> maintain R module files for a cluster, using easybuild.
> >
> > My question is: Is there a way to derive a list of cran packages and
> their version for a given version of R?
>
> I'm wondering whether this is a well-defined question. The could have
been
> several versions of a package released over the course of any given
> interval during which any one version (major or minor variants) of R might
> have been "current". You should ascertain the dimensions of the
problem by
> first viewing three webpages:
>
> 1) https://cran.r-project.org/src/base/     # versions of R (source)
> 2) https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_summary_by_package.html
> #(current packages by fork of R)
> 3) https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive   # Package Archive
> >
> > In case addressing the R-help list is addressing wrong list, any
pointer
> is appreciated.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Christian Meesters
> >
>
> --
>
> David Winsemius
> Alameda, CA, USA
>
> 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently
advanced.'
>  -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law
>
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