Package Requests

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Package requests is an experimental feature that your administrator must enable.

With package requests, you can ask for packages that are not in a curated repository yet. A reviewer approves or denies each package, and Posit Package Manager adds the approved packages to the repository.

Your administrator uses package requests to keep a curated repository limited to reviewed packages. You request packages and see each decision in Package Manager, with the reason for any denial.

Ask for packages

To request a package, you must sign in with read access to the target repository. Open the user menu, select Request packages, and fill in the form. If the menu item or your repository is missing, ask your administrator.

The Request packages form with a target repository, a reason, and two R packages. One package adds six new dependencies, each marked New.

The search finds only packages that Package Manager has mirrored from CRAN, PyPI, or Open VSX, depending on your repository type. The results show which packages are already in your repository. You can select only versions available on your repository’s snapshot date. If a package is missing or you need a newer version, ask your administrator.

The form also lists the dependencies that an approval adds.

After you submit

My package requests in the user menu shows each request and the decision for each package. An approval does not mean that you can install the packages yet. Wait until the request shows Packages added. An email notification about the decision can arrive earlier. If the request shows Not added, ask your administrator.

A partially approved request. The reviewer approves one package and denies the other, with a reason.

You can edit or withdraw a pending request. A change to its packages or versions sends it back for review.

You and the reviewers can comment on a request until a reviewer approves every package in it, or you withdraw it. Package Manager does not send email notifications for comments.

If your administrator set up email notifications, Package Manager sends you a notification when every package in your request has a decision. To skip these notifications, clear Email me when this request is approved or denied on the request form. To change your address, ask your administrator.

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