Roel Janssen <r...@gnu.org> writes: > Dear Guix, > > With the following patch I would like to update R to 3.3.1. I tested > with R packages I regularly use and everything seems to work just fine. > > Is it OK to upgrade? > > Kind regards, > Roel Janssen > > >>From e8cdef8b2f287d26c4a4a9a02a7277dc940ed667 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Roel Janssen <r...@gnu.org> > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 16:33:17 +0200 > Subject: [PATCH] gnu: r: Update to 3.3.1. > > * gnu/packages/statistics.scm (r): Update to 3.3.1. > --- > gnu/packages/statistics.scm | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm > index 2365149..ee84ffe 100644 > --- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm > +++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm > @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ be output in text, PostScript, PDF or HTML.") > (define-public r > (package > (name "r") > - (version "3.3.0") > + (version "3.3.1") > (source (origin > (method url-fetch) > (uri (string-append "mirror://cran/src/base/R-" > @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ be output in text, PostScript, PDF or HTML.") > version ".tar.gz")) > (sha256 > (base32 > - "1r0i0cqs3p0vrpiwq0zg5kbrmja9rmaijyzf9f23v6d5n5ab2mlj")))) > + "1qm9znh8akfy9fkzzi6f1vz2w1dd0chsr6qn7kw80lqzhgjrmi9x")))) > (build-system gnu-build-system) > (arguments > `(#:make-flags
Hi Roel, In my experience, the typical bio project analysis goes on for 1-5 years. Meanwhile R and BioConductor releases take place. Unfortunately, I have seen new R/BioConductor versions break a package in use, make it unavailable, or modify an analysis result, thereby screwing up the analysis at the most inopportune time ;-( The workaround used by sysops where I work (hospital research lab) is to give notice of R upgrades and to make previous releases available for reference by ongoing projects. IMO, we should consider how the guix R recipe(s) might support a pattern of use like this. I can assure you that if our users do guix pull and invisibly get a new R release, their analyses will from time to time break. So we may want a simple way for them to back down to a previous release. So.. I am thinking it would make sense to keep previous versions of R in the recipe. What do others think? - George
