pkg_history: Query the history of a CRAN package
In r-lib/pkgman: Another Approach to Package Installation

pkg_history

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Query the history of a CRAN package

Description

Query the history of a CRAN package

Usage

pkg_history(pkg)

Arguments

pkg

Package name.

Value

A data frame, with one row per package version. The columns are the entries of the DESCRIPTION files in the released package versions.

Examples

pkg_history("ggplot2")

#> # A data frame: 44 × 30                                                 
#>    Package Type    Title    Version Date  Author Maint…¹ Descr…² License
#>  * <chr>   <chr>   <chr>    <chr>   <chr> <chr>  <chr>   <chr>   <chr>  
#>  1 ggplot2 Package An impl… 0.5     2007… Hadle… Hadley… "An im… GPL    
#>  2 ggplot2 Package An impl… 0.5.1   2007… Hadle… Hadley… "An im… GPL    
#>  3 ggplot2 Package An impl… 0.5.2   2007… Hadle… Hadley… "An im… GPL    
#>  4 ggplot2 Package An impl… 0.5.4   2007… Hadle… Hadley… "An im… GPL    
#>  5 ggplot2 Package An impl… 0.5.5   2007… Hadle… Hadley… "An im… GPL    
#>  6 ggplot2 Package An impl… 0.5.6   2007… Hadle… Hadley… "An im… GPL    
#>  7 ggplot2 Package An impl… 0.5.7   2007… Hadle… Hadley… "An im… GPL    
#>  8 ggplot2 Package An impl… 0.6     2008… Hadle… Hadley… "An im… GPL    
#>  9 ggplot2 Package An impl… 0.7     2008… Hadle… Hadley… "An im… GPL    
#> 10 ggplot2 Package An impl… 0.8     2008… Hadle… Hadley… "An im… GPL    
#> # … with 34 more rows, 21 more variables: SaveImage <chr>,              
#> #   LazyData <chr>, Packaged <chr>, crandb_file_date <chr>, date <chr>, 
#> #   dependencies <list>, URL <chr>, LazyLoad <chr>, Extends <chr>,      
#> #   Collate <chr>, Repository <chr>, `Date/Publication` <chr>,          
#> #   NeedsCompilation <chr>, VignetteBuilder <chr>, BugReports <chr>,    
#> #   `Authors@R` <chr>, RoxygenNote <chr>, Encoding <chr>, MD5sum <chr>, 
#> #   `Config/Needs/website` <chr>, `Config/testthat/edition` <chr>, …