Should containers set a default CRAN mirror?
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Description
It might be nice if the docker container set a default CRAN mirror in the site .RProfile, to either cloud.r-project.org or cran.rstudio.org. There are billed as an opinionated builds, so I don't foresee any real issues.
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Research direction
Start by locating the site .RProfile used by the Docker container and inspect how the image builds its R configuration. Set the default CRAN mirror to one of the proposed endpoints, then verify that the resulting container uses it.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, r
- Domain
- devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100