[Live-demo] Re: [OSGeo] #453: R script compiles from source, debs available

[Alex Mandel]

Hamish wrote:
> Massimo Di Stefano 
>> just adding the ubuntu R repository is good, so we can
>> switch from R-2.8 to R 2.9.2
> 
> is there a critical need to use the latest version?
> does it fix some bug that r-spatial stuff simply will not run
> without?
> 
> new versions are nice and all, but every time we pull in something
> unofficial we greatly increase the possibility of breaking
> other stuff in many unintended and unimagined ways.
> 
> 
> 
> Hamish
> 
> 
I didn't have upgrade in mind when I added the repo, I was hoping debs
would be faster than compiling all the R packages.

I think backports should stay off.
Alex