options(fastverse.install = TRUE) which can be set before library(fastverse), triggering an internal call to fastverse_install() - to make sure any missing packages are installed before loading them. In a .fastverse configuration file placed inside a project directory, you can also place _opt_fastverse.install = TRUE before the packages list.Added possibility to set global options and environment variables in project configuration files. See Vignette for details.
Added new packages to suggested packages list: rrapply, MatrixExtra and rsparse.
Package does not import any helper functions from collapse anymore, so that hard detaching with fastverse_detach(unload = TRUE) is possible for collapse as well.
Making sure no files are written to disc on CRAN servers.
fastverse_update() has an additional argument install. The default is install = FALSE, which will just print the installation command as before, asking you to run it in a clean R session, whereas install = TRUE will instead execute the command.
Added a function fastverse_install() to check package availability and install any missing fastverse packages before calling library(fastverse). Useful especially for custom fastverse configurations (inside projects) to safeguard the availability of packages.
Added a function fastverse_child() (following a request), which allows users to create a wholly different package-verse like the fastverse - under a different name and with different core packages. Such fastverse children inherit 90% of the functionality of the fastverse package (e.g. they are not permanently globally extensible, but can be configured for projects and extended in the session). Childbearing requires an internet connection but no additional packages (like devtools).
Export utility functions is_installed and is_attached to check if packages are installed / attached.
Several additions to suggested extensions list: qs, arrow, stringdist, stringfish, nanotime.
CRAN required me to place return values on fastverse_extend() and fastverse_detach() - which do not return anything.
Implementing various CRAN comments on 0.1.6 (small things), and setting up synchronous development of CRAN and GitHub version through a ‘development’ branch which can be merged into both. Pull requests should be sent to the ‘development’ branch.
CRAN rejected 0.1.5, which made sure matrixStats handles attributes consistently whenever the fastverse is attached, because CRAN packages are not allowed to modify the namespace of other packages. Thus 0.1.6 comes in two versions: A CRAN version which takes matrixStats as it is, and a GitHub version which is the original 0.1.5. User who value a consistent matrixStats that preserves dimension names in all functions are recommended the GitHub version.
First fastverse CRAN submission on 7th August 2021. Development started in Spring 2021.