feature request for crancache_remove

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feature request for crancache_remove #43

Open bbolker opened 3 years ago

bbolker commented 3 years ago

I have two minor usability gripes with crancache_remove():

the regex-matching feature is a little dangerous; I can't remember when, but I think I've accidentally removed packages this way in the past
I have a hard time remembering that it's not remove_packages() (in parallel with update_packages(), install_packages()

Adding a remove_packages() function that did string-matching rather than regex-matching would preserve backward compatibility ...

gaborcsardi commented 3 years ago

If we had a remove_packages() that should remove the packages from the library and not from the cache. At least this is how the other replacement functions work.

We could have crancache_remove(..., fixed = TRUE) or something similar? A PR is welcome for this. :)