[Rcpp-devel] [ANN] Matrix package bug fix release RcppArmadillo 0.10.1.2.1 on drat

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

Binxiang and I indepedently noticed (and independently fixed, my bad for not
committing earlier) that the very recent Matrix 1.3.0 (on CRAN) breaks one
our (optional) unit tests related to sparse matrix conversion.

So I made a fix release 0.10.1.2.1 which is now in the usual Rcpp drat repo
from where you can install it e.g. via

  install.packages("RcppArmadillo", repos="https:://rcppcore.github.io/drat")

or by using one of the drat helper functions to set or update repos.

Once CRAN reopens, I will likely submit this.  The breakage is a little
unusual in that CRAN normally does better than this, or communicates. In a
fuller reverse dependency backtest of Rcpp several packages had related
hickups.  When reverse-dependency testing RcppArmadillo itself, four packages
came up.  I am sure package Matrix had good reasons for the change, I am just
a little surprised by the shrapnel.

Anyway, small stuff -- and 2020 is almost over here, and already is in some
places such as Auckland and Sidney which already live in the future so with
that a very happy and hopefully calmer 2021 to all!

Dirk

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