Closed HenrikBengtsson closed 2 years ago
In order to test our R build, we need to patch make check
. R Core acknowledges the problem and is open to patches
This has been fixed for R 4.2.0.
For R 4.1.0, we need to install them in order to run the checks, but i guess we could uninstall the before deploying. Maybe it's sufficient to install just some of them, e.g. MASS for sure.
Done already for R 4.1.1
Issue
Since we install 'recommended' packages to the system library, users get warnings each time they update their packages;
This adds quite a bit of noise but it's also confusing and drives users to ignore warnings.
Decision
Don't install above 'recommended' packages. Instead, let users install them if they need them. Also, if they need them because they're needed by another package the user installs, then they'll be automatically installed.
To not install above packages when building R, use: