[R] Automating package updates after major version change

[Jeff Newmiller]

On the contrary... that is the use case in which it makes the least sense to muck with system files. System files are maintained using system package management tools which at best lag terribly, while R packages are much easier to manage using R's internal package tools with no elevated privileges.

On May 14, 2020 11:15:02 AM PDT, Rich Shepard <rshepard using appl-ecosys.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 14 May 2020, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
>
>> Why are you mucking with the system-level library? It is quite
>unusual to
>> have a use-case in which you should not be adjusting your personal
>> library.
>
>Jeff,
>
>I'm the only user so there's no difference.
>
>Regards,
>
>Rich
>
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