From 4f297f4336bc09688aee9d876c566f3aaa34e623 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Henrik Bengtsson Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:47:20 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] R: Using official cloud URL for CRAN (#2956) cran.r-project.org runs on a single old-school server in Austria and could potentially be overloaded if "everyone" used it. cloud.r-project.org is a cloud-based repository that "automatic redirection to servers worldwide [...]", cf. https://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html. I assume, that cloud.* can be scale up as needed. Out of the official CRAN mirror, this should be the safest one to pick if a static CRAN mirror is needed. --- var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r/package.py | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r/package.py index 2babb250a56..842affc4cce 100644 --- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r/package.py +++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r/package.py @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class R(AutotoolsPackage): Please consult the R project homepage for further information.""" homepage = "https://www.r-project.org" - url = "http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/src/base/R-3/R-3.1.2.tar.gz" + url = "https://cloud.r-project.org/src/base/R-3/R-3.3.2.tar.gz" extendable = True