rstudio / rstudio/packrat

Package update tools

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enhancement
Dominant language
R
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Description

It would be useful if packrat provided tools to tell you what upgrades are available, and to upgrade and snapshot.

This is particularly useful for development - for example, while I'm working on dplyr, I have other packages that use it for data analysis, and it's currently a bit of a pain to keep in sync. It would also be useful to help people upgrade their packages to the latest version in a principled manner.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Review packrat's existing package-management behavior and define the intended workflows for finding available upgrades, upgrading packages, and snapshotting them. Done requires an agreed scope and implementation plan for these tools.

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Assessment

Tech stack
r
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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