From spencer.graves at prodsyse.com  Mon Jan 29 21:58:20 2018
From: spencer.graves at prodsyse.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:58:20 -0600
Subject: [Rd] help(pac=xxx) get data from CRAN?
Message-ID: <f4840fc6-13f2-10a6-7c38-f8f5f2521711@prodsyse.com>

Hello, All:


 ????? A feature request:


 ????? What about modifying the code for "help(pac=xxx)" so it looks for 
"xxx" on CRAN as well as locally:? If it finds it locally, it uses that 
version but with an annotation reporting what it found on CRAN:

* If it doesn't find CRAN, it doesn't report anything on this.
* If it finds CRAN, and the version numbers match, it reports that.
* If it finds CRAN, and the local version is behind CRAN, it says, 
"newer version on CRAN".
* If it finds CRAN, and the local version is ahead of CRAN, it says 
something like, "Local newer than CRAN."


 ????? This occurred to me, because someone suggested I update the "sos" 
package to use CRAN to get package information for packages not already 
installed.? It's a great idea, but I'm not ready to do that just yet.


 ????? Best Wishes,
 ????? Spencer Graves



[Rd] help(pac=xxx) get data from CRAN?
Spencer Graves