posit-dev / posit-dev/connect-extensions
R environments (as recorded in `renv.lock` and `manifest.json`) should use the Posit Public Package Manager
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Since May 29, 2025.
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Description
We should use the Posit Public Package Manager in Gallery content environments, rather than base CRAN.
renv tries to respect the renv.lock's repos when installing packages, so this will likely require a bit of manual editing.
I've also been experimenting locally, and renv does some things I don't fully understand. For example, it's conventional to list Posit Package Manager as CRAN in your repos options, but renv records the source as RSPM in renv.lock in this case. I'll continue to investigate.
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