grantmcdermott / codespaces-r2u

Minimal(ish) R codespaces environment
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Consider flipping bspm option `bspm.version.check` #4

Open eddelbuettel opened 1 year ago

eddelbuettel commented 1 year ago

Now that all this works (thanks, @eitsupi) we could consider enabling an option @Enchufa2 added to bspm at my (always impatient) urging: options(bspm.version.check=FALSE) will make the 'what is available' lookup quicker by limiting it to binaries.

That means that if and mean a newer source is available, it will be ignore. It also means if installation demands can be satisfied (with r2u and jammy, essentially) they will be done a little quicker.

It's a judgement call. I know how fast it can be so it irks me (in interactive or CI use). For a more general use it can be argued that the current default is in fact good. I have no problem seeing this issue closed -- but I figured it was worth mentioning the available 'free' option we have here.