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R Project Updates

Updates from R Core:

  • CRAN Policy Change new rev3715

  • print() methods for "xgettext" and "xngettext" now use encodeString() which keeps, e.g., "\n", visible. (Wish of PR#17298.)

  • Elapsed-time limits can now be set for the lengthier parts of R CMD INSTALL via an environment variable: see its help page. [This is currently experimental and subject to change.]

  • install.packages() for source packages now has the possibility to set a timeout (elapsed-time limit). For serial installs this uses the timeout argument of system2(): for parallel installs it requires the timeout utility command from GNU coreutils. [This is currently experimental and subject to change.]

  • It is now possible to set timeouts (elapsed-time limits) for most parts of R CMD check via environment variables documented in the R Internals manual. [This depends on the experimental timeout feature of system2() and hence subject to change, as are the names of the environment variables.]

  • R CMD check checks for and R CMD build corrects CRLF line endings in shell scripts configure and cleanup (even on Windows).

  • It is again possible to use configure --enable-maintainer-mode without having installed notangle (it was required in R 3.4.[01]).

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