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Check package history on CRAN

Source: R/cran_history.R
cran_history.Rd

It uses available information to provide the most accurate information of CRAN at any given time.

Usage

cran_history(packages = NULL)

Arguments

packages

A vector with packages or NULL for all packages.

Value

A data.frame with the information to recreate CRAN at any point before today.

Details

Several sources are used: CRAN's database to check packages files and versions, CRAN's volunteers actions for when packages are archived or removed and CRAN's comments to fill in the gaps.

See also

cran_archive(), cran_actions(), cran_comments().

Other meta info from CRAN: cran_alias(), cran_archive(), cran_comments(), cran_links()

Examples

cran_history
#> function (packages = NULL) 
#> {
#>     save_state("cran_history", cran_all_history())
#>     check_packages(packages, NA)
#>     get_package_subset("cran_history", packages)
#> }
#> <bytecode: 0x5580a78e14b8>
#> <environment: namespace:repo.data>