From jeroen @ending from berkeley@edu  Sat Nov 10 18:17:21 2018
From: jeroen @ending from berkeley@edu (Jeroen Ooms)
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 18:17:21 +0100
Subject: [Rd] Change windows installer default to only install 64 bit R
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On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 5:47 PM Jim Hester <james.f.hester at gmail.com> wrote:
> We can remove much of this ambiguity by changing the default choice in
> the installer to only install the 64 bit version in the installer. If
> users do need the 32 bit version it is still simple for them to
> install it by checking the appropriate box during installation.

I tested the patch and confirm that this works as intended. By
default, the R installer will leave the "32-bit Files" unchecked on
Windows 64 machines.

I also think this proposal makes sense. Most users do not need 2
versions of R on their machine, and it is a common source of problems.
I agree with Jim that installing the 32bit version of R on 64bit
Windows would better be opt-in rather than default.



[Rd] Change windows installer default to only install 64 bit R
Jeroen Ooms