[Rd] Feature request: Change default library path on Windows

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 25/07/2021 7:23 p.m., Ben Bolker wrote:
>     Given (AFAICS) the absence of any actual R-core members
> <https://www.r-project.org/contributors.html> chiming into the
> discussion here, and provided that you think that the issue has been
> sufficiently discussed, I would say the next step ("how to go about
> making the change") is to compose & submit a wishlist request to the R
> bug tracker ...

With a patch attached, it might be accepted.

Duncan Murdoch

>     It might also be worth reaching out to/double-checking with Jeroen
> Ooms (Rtools maintainer and Windows infrastructure expert; I don't know
> if he has any more formal association with R-core/CRAN ?)
> 
>     cheers
>      Ben Bolker
> 
> 
> On 7/25/21 6:35 PM, Steve Haroz wrote:
>>> So I would say that I still believe Microsoft doesn't give clear
>>> guidance for this.
>>
>> Sure, there is some ambiguity on where MS would prefer these kinds of
>> files. But what is clear is that the current location USER/Documents
>> is causing a serious issue.
>>
>> And while we can all understand frustration with Microsoft, Windows
>> users represent a major proportion of the R install base. So let's see
>> what we can do to help out those users. Changing the default location
>> to either USER/R or USER/AppData/Local/R would help a lot of users,
>> both beginners and those with moderate experience who switch to a new
>> cloud backup.
>>
>> Microsoft is unlikely to put out new guidance any time soon. And the
>> current guidance doesn't seem opposed to putting R libraries in either
>> suggested location. So how about we just pick one (I suggest USER/R
>> for simplicity) and discuss how to go about making the change?
>>
>> -Steve
>>
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