[R] Automating package updates after major version change

[Patrick (Malone Quantitative)]

A package on github called yamlpack appears to do a lot of the work
involved. I can't vouch for it personally.

https://github.com/combiz/yamlpack

On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 1:12 PM Sarah Goslee <sarah.goslee using gmail.com> wrote:

> Not so coincidentally, I just worked thru this for myself.
>
> I did want to rebuild and reinstall everything, but as automatically
> as possible, although in a way that let me see what happened and what
> went wrong.
>
> http://numberwright.com/2020/04/clean-and-new/
>
> There are several things to consider: CRAN packages (easy), GitHub
> packages (less easy), and random other packages (require manual
> intervention).
>
> I'm sure there are other possible workflows.
>
> Sarah
>
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 12:00 PM Rich Shepard <rshepard using appl-ecosys.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > After upgrading from -3.6.2 to -4.0.0 I ran 'update.packages()' and spent
> > time rebuilding dependencies, too. Is there a script or method that
> > automates package updates after a major version change in R?
> >
> > My web searches on this topic found tips for only regular package updates
> > without rebuilding multiple dependencies.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Rich
> >
>
>
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> http://www.numberwright.com
>
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