RRO-3.2.2

This release of Revolution R Open is based on R-3.2.2 and adds the performance enhancements from the Intel MKL, an optional additional install.

Release Highlights

• Based on the R-3.2.2 engine
• Adds support for Windows 10
• Uses the 2015-08-27 static MRAN snapshot as the CRAN mirror
• Uses https by default to download packages (see https://www.r-consortium.org/news/blogs/2015/08/best-practices-using-r-securely).
• New features of the checkpoint package:
  • Defaults to https://mran.revolutionanalytics.com/snapshot by default in R versions 3.2.0 and later, if https support is enabled.
  • User modifiable MRAN default URL. To change the URL, use options(checkpoint.mranUrl = ...)

Change History Rollup

• v3.2.1...v3.2.2

Fixed Issues

• Ubuntu: Missing cairo, tiff, and jpeg libraries for RRO on Ubuntu have been restored. #233
• OS X: X11 warnings appear when you use capabilities("x11"). #200

Known Issues

• devtools::install_github may fail with the error "error in running command" on Ubuntu and SUSE. To work around this issue, set options(unzip = 'internal') before calling install_github. (See #37 and r-lib/devtools#406 )
• Graphical issues related to X11 & Cairo on OS X that are fixed in the RRO-3.2.2-hotfix_01 release: https://github.com/RevolutionAnalytics/RRO/releases/tag/RRO-3.2.2-hotfix_01. (See #200 & #238)
• For RRO on openSUSE: in order to install packages on this platform, you must manually install the package gcc-c++ if not already installed. See installation instructions for more details.

Binary Downloads

• Visit http://mran.revolutionanalytics.com/ to download the binary distribution for this release.