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R Development Container 0.3

  • Implemented Gitpod setup with GitHub Actions workflow to build Docker images for the Gitpod workspace.
  • Improved which_r script with version choice validation and updated both which_r and set_build_r scripts for enhanced functionality.
  • Resolved local setup permission issues to ensure smoother operation within the devcontainer environment on Linux.
  • Restructured documentation to incorporate Gitpod alternative setup.
  • Implemented a workflow to optimize images so that documentation files are more lightweight.

R Development Container 0.2

  • Documentation split into set of markdown files. These are used to create the documentation website https://contributor.r-project.org/r-dev-env/ and the user-focused pages can be accessed directly within the codespace, linked from an index that opens when the codespace first starts. New documentation pages/topics:
    • Restarting and stopping the codespace
    • Live Share
    • Local Setup
    • Updating Source Code
    • Creating a patch file
    • Multiple R Versions
    • SVN Help
    • Contributor Guide (for R Dev Container itself)
    • Troubleshooting
  • Building R documentation now instructs to build R with recommended packages as it only takes a few more minutes to set up and enables all the tests to be run with make check.
  • Updated GitHub Actions, so that the container is rebuilt twice a month with updated software, including the latest version of R.
  • Disconnected Codespace from r-dev-env GitHub repository, so changes are not tracked as changes to code for the container itself.
  • Updated Codespace settings so that checkouts of the R sources are recognised as Subversion repositories, connecting to VS Code version control tab.
  • Updated Codespace settings so that the R code linter is turned off (cannot define linter for base R!)
  • Enabled httpgd graphics device to replace the default of plotting to PNG.
  • Modified the default settings of $BUILDDIR and $TOP_SRCDIR to give a more logical setup for working with multiple R versions.
  • Added which_r script to set the R version to use in R terminals, rather than using sudo make install to overwrite installed R release version.
  • Added set_build_r bash function to facilitate custom settings of $BUILDDIR and $TOP_SRCDIR for working with multiple R versions.

R Development Container 0.1

First version of the R Development Container, including:

  • DevContainer definition for creating a codespace allowing users to build R in a web based environment
  • Instructions for building the current version of R from the SVN trunk within the DevContainer in the README.md file
  • Contributor workflow instructions in the README.md file
  • Docker image build from the dev-container branch which contains the requirements for building base R. The image is available from https://github.com/r-devel/r-dev-env/pkgs/container/r-dev-env
  • Project website build from the website branch and available at https://contributor.r-project.org/r-dev-env/

We hope the R Development Container helps you in your R journey 😊