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Posit Package Manager: Offline Downloader 2024.08.2#

September 20, 2024

This release includes no changes to the Offline Downloader.

Posit Package Manager 2024.08.0#

August 9, 2024

Breaking#

  • Air-gapped customers are required to re-download the Bioconductor data after upgrading before syncing the Bioconductor source. See the Admin Guide for more information.

Posit Package Manager: Offline Downloader 2024.04.4#

June 26, 2024

This release includes no changes to the Offline Downloader.

Posit Package Manager: Offline Downloader 2024.04.2#

June 14, 2024

New#

  • PyPI packages can now be downloaded using the new get pypi command. See the Air-Gapped Package Manager documentation for instructions on how to set up an offline PyPI repository. (#12841)
  • Concurrent downloaders up to the --concurrency setting will automatically be spawned based on network and hardware factors. The default is now 500. (#11105)
  • Allow higher concurrent downloads on rspm-offline-downloader get bioconductor. (#11105)

Breaking#

  • Air-gapped customers are required to re-download the CRAN data after upgrading before syncing the CRAN source. See the Admin Guide for more information.
  • The offline downloader version must now correspond with the Package Manager version.

Posit Package Manager: Offline Downloader 2023.12.0#

December 18, 2023

New#

  • The Offline Downloader now supports downloading vulnerabilities.

Posit Package Manager: Offline Downloader 2023.08.4#

October 30, 2023

This release includes no changes to the Offline Downloader.

Posit Package Manager: Offline Downloader 2023.08.2#

October 19, 2023

This release includes no changes to the Offline Downloader.

Posit Package Manager: Offline Downloader 2023.08.0#

September 12, 2023

New#

  • Adds the ability to specify architecture to download binaries for.

Breaking#

  • The --linux-distros and --windows flags are deprecated in favor of --distributions. Use get cran --distributions=macos --architectures=x86_64 to only download x86_64 binaries for macOS, and exclude arm64. Use get cran --distributions=windows to download binaries for Windows.

Posit Package Manager: Offline Downloader 2023.04.0#

April 28, 2023

This release includes no changes to the Offline Downloader.

Posit Package Manager: Offline Downloader 2022.11.4#

December 05, 2022

This release includes no changes to the Offline Downloader.

Posit Package Manager: Offline Downloader 2022.11.2#

November 18, 2022

This release includes no changes to the Offline Downloader.

Posit Package Manager: Offline Downloader 2022.11.0#

November 14, 2022

Fixed#

  • The Offline Downloader now supports downloading binary packages for R versions that have reached end of support. (#8088)
  • The Offline Downloader no longer fails when downloading binary packages for deprecated R versions and distributions without binary packages. (#9197)

Posit Package Manager: Offline Downloader 2022.07.2#

August 2, 2022

New#

  • Introduce new standalone NEWS page to capture changes to the RSPM Offline Downloader.

Fixed#

  • The Offline Downloader now supports downloading binary packages for newly released R versions and operating systems without requiring an upgrade of the tool. (#6454)
  • The general performance of the Offline Downloader's get cran command has been improved. (#5271)