rversions now uses R-hub’s R
version API. The r_oldrel(), r_release(),
r_release_macos(), r_release_tarball(), and
r_release_win() functions are now superseded by the new
resolve() function, see their manual pages.
New function resolve() to resolve an R version
specification.
New function available() to list available R builds
for a platform.
New function linux_distros() to list Linux
distributions supported by Posit or R-hub.
New function rtools_versions() to list Rtools
versions.
New utility function current_r_platform() to look up
the current platform, including the distribution and release on
Linux.
No user visible changes.
No user visible changes.
r_release_macos() is now correct again for R
4.1.0.r_release_tarball() now has the correct URL for R
4.x.x.tibble::as_tibble() directly (#20, @espinielli).r_versions() and all other functions now parse the
date, so the date column is a POSIXt, not a character (#13).All function outputs now also have a column with version nickname(s).
R versions are now cached within each R session (@richfitz, #6).
xml2::xml_find_first instead of deprecated
xml2::xml_find_one (Thanks to @jimhester)xml2 and curl instead of
XML and RCurl (Thanks to @jeroenooms)First released version.