Package 'rversions'

Title: Query 'R' Versions, Including 'r-release' and 'r-oldrel'
Description: Query the main 'R' 'SVN' repository to find the versions 'r-release' and 'r-oldrel' refer to, and also all previous 'R' versions and their release dates.
Authors: Gábor Csárdi [aut, cre], Jeroen Ooms [ctb], R Consortium [fnd]
Maintainer: Gábor Csárdi <[email protected]>
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Version: 2.1.2.9000
Built: 2025-01-24 02:38:14 UTC
Source: https://github.com/r-hub/rversions

Help Index

Version number of R-oldrel

Description

R-oldrel is the latest version of the previous minor version. We extract version numbers from the R SVN repository tags.

Usage

r_oldrel(dots = TRUE)

Arguments

dots

Whether to use dots instead of dashes in the version number.

Value

A one row data frame, with columns ‘version’, ‘date’ and ‘nickname’.

Examples

r_oldrel()

Version number of R-release

Description

The latest tag in the SVN repository (in terms of version numbers, not dates).

Usage

r_release(dots = TRUE)

Arguments

dots

Whether to use dots instead of dashes in the version number.

Value

A one row data frame, with columns ‘version’, ‘date’ and ‘nickname’.

Examples

r_release()

Latest R release with a macOS installer available for download

Description

r_release() works based on the SVN tags in the main R source code repository. However, an SVN tag does not mean that the same version is available for download. r_release_macos returns the latest version for which a macOS installer is available.

Usage

r_release_macos()

Value

A one row data frame, with columns ‘version’, ‘date’, ‘URL’ and ‘nickname’.

See Also

Other R downloads: r_release_tarball(), r_release_win()

Examples

r_release()
r_release_macos()

Latest release for which a source tarball is available for download

Description

r_release() works based on the SVN tags in the main R source code repository. However, an SVN tag does not mean that the same version is available for download. r_release_tarball returns the latest version for which a source tarball is available.

Usage

r_release_tarball()

Value

A one row data frame, with columns ‘version’, ‘date’, ‘URL’ and ‘nickname’.

See Also

Other R downloads: r_release_macos(), r_release_win()

Examples

r_release()
r_release_tarball()

Latest R release with a Windows installer available for download

Description

r_release() works based on the SVN tags in the main R source code repository. However, an SVN tag does not mean that the same version is available for download. r_release_win returns the latest version for which a Windows installer is available.

Usage

r_release_win()

Value

A one row data frame, with columns ‘version’, ‘date’, ‘URL’ and ‘nickname’.

See Also

Other R downloads: r_release_macos(), r_release_tarball()

Examples

r_release()
r_release_win()

Query R's past and present versions

Description

R version numbers consist of three numbers (since version 1.4.1): major, minor and patch.

Usage

r_versions(dots = TRUE)

Arguments

dots

Whether to use dots instead of dashes in the version number.

Details

We extract the version numbers from the tags in the SVN repository.

Value

A data frame with three columns: ‘version’, ‘date’ and ‘nickname’.

Examples

r_versions()