R help - Sep 2022 - Why R >= 4.1 warns about installing Rtools on Windows?

Hi,

I don't understand why Rtoosl seems to be required even if a package is 
pure R. For sure, this is just a warning, but it frightens new comers. 
So, why encouraging people add stuff that will be probably unneeded?

Have a nice,
Samuel

I don't know for sure, but I imagine this warning is for"old
users" that
have been using RTools for some of their packages and need to know that 
the old RTools no longer works with the latest builds.? It certainly was 
helpful to me.? I understand how frightening it could be to new users, 
but everyone should benefit from learning the difference between a 
warning and an error at some time.

On 9/27/2022 3:51 AM, Samuel Granjeaud wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't understand why Rtoosl seems to be required even if a package 
> is pure R. For sure, this is just a warning, but it frightens new 
> comers. So, why encouraging people add stuff that will be probably 
> unneeded?
>
> Have a nice,
> Samuel
>
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