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Where the info about R versions comes from

• r-versions are coming from SVN tags:
  https://github.com/metacran/rversions/blob/master/R/rversions.R#L79
• r-release is the latest SVN tag
• r-oldrel is the latest of the previous minor version
• r-release-tarball is the latest SVN tag that has a corresponding tar.gz to download
• windows, macos are the same: latest svn tag that has a file to download

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out windows install script uses it as well, to decide what versions of R to install: https://github.com/r-hub/rhub-server/blob/master/jenkins/scripts/windows-2008-setup.ps1#L74-L79

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IDK if rversions is important enough to write a blog post TBH.

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it'll be a short one 😉

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Other items

• Where the info about R versions comes from

• Plot the frequency of updates over time (and mention how it changed, while Bioconductor release schedule didn't change).

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OK, then. :)

• r-appveyor uses it (well, the web service) to determine what versions r-release and r-oldrel are:
  https://github.com/krlmlr/r-appveyor/blob/master/scripts/appveyor-tool.ps1#L77-L87

• R-hub uses it to do the same:
  https://github.com/r-hub/solarischeck/blob/d3edc6077f52081a53b2ed8b9ec40e17176fdb43/run.sh#L105
  https://github.com/r-hub/macoscheck/blob/846f87d1ad1c4b4aeb283a986e084913f203879f/run.sh#L160
  https://github.com/r-hub/wincheck/blob/591ea8d9a28cd5044c063e88f46ef0507fa16fc7/run.ps1#L114

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Thanks! 👌

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see, a very niche package, but an useful one :-)

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