Re: R 3.5.0 on April 23 -- new r-api-3.5 and full rebuilds needed
On 20 March 2018 at 12:55, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
|
| So R 3.5.0 was just announced, and it will (AFAIK) require a full rebuild of
| packages as an important internal change is coming ("ALTREP").
The doc/NEWS.Rd says compiled packages need a rebuild (just like with 3.4.*)
\item The object header layout has been changed to support merging
the \code{ALTREP} branch. This requires re-installing packages
that use compiled code.
But then there is also
\subsection{PACKAGE INSTALLATION}{
\itemize{
\item By default, packages are now byte-compiled on installation.
}
}
so we may as well go "nuclear" and also reap that benefit for R-only packages.
Full details at the GitHub of the R SVN:
https://github.com/wch/r-source/blob/trunk/doc/NEWS.Rd
Dirk
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