packageRank 0.7.0

New Features

• add plot.cranDownloads(unit.observation = “week”).
• discuss ‘from =’ and ‘to =’ cranDownloads() shortcuts in README.

Fixes

• enable ipPackage().
• fix cranDownloads(“R”, to = ).
• fix output for packageHistory(“R”).

Function Changes

• add logInfo() and deprecate logPostInfo().
• change ‘log.count’ to ‘log.y’ in plot.bioconductorDownloads() and plot.cranDownloads().
• limit available unit of observations:
  • with when = “last-week” only unit.observation = “day” available.
  • with when = “last-month” AND graphics = “ggplot2”, unit.observation = “month” not available
• recompute cumulative count with plot.cranDownloads(unit.observation = “week”) to include backdate data.
• return cores = 1L on Windows with multiCore(); parallelization on Windows not currently available.
• use ‘ISOcodes’ in cranMirrors().

Graphical Changes

• amend plot.cranDownloads(graphics = “ggplot2”) legends.
• plot.cranDownloads(unit.observation = “month”) date plotted on first rather than last day of month.
• use observed date for first week observed data in plot.cranDownloads()
• set 0s to 1s to avoid NAs when plot.cranDownloads(log.y = TRUE).

Graphical Fixes

• amend xy labels for “count” or “cumulative” in plot.cranDownloads().

New Auxiliary/Helper Functions

• add fetchRLog().
• add getCorrectLogs() and rstudio.logs list object.
• add rev_fixDate_2012().
• add/set cranDownloads(fix.cranlogs = TRUE).
• add/use fixCranlogs().
• add/set logDate(fix.date = TRUE).
• add/set resolveDate(fix.date = FALSE).

packageRank 0.6.0

Fixes

• amend fetchCranLog() message.
• fix tripletFilter().
• add exception and warning for packages with zero downloads (not in log) for packageLog() and packageRank().
• fix variable names in packageCRAN() and packageArchive().
• fix y-axis typo and labels in cranPlot().
• set data.frame(row.names = NULL) in packageHistory().
• amend/update country code top level domains in cranMirrors().

Function Changes

• add packageHistory(“R”).
• allow multiple packages (vector) in packageHistory() and packageMRAN().
• restrict parLapply() to dev.mode = TRUE.

Graphical Changes

• amend graphical elements for estimate and in-progress download counts in plot.cranDownloads().

packageRank 0.5.0

Fixes

• increase fetchCranLog() timeout to 600.

Function Changes

• visualize different units of observation: “day” (default), “month”, and “year” with plot.cranDownloads(unit.observation = “day”).
• add in-progress plots with nominal and estimated totals for aggregate units of observation.

packageRank 0.4.2

Fixes

• fix plot.cranDownloads(package.version = TRUE) for multiple packages.
• fix multiple version in sizeFilter() with packageHistory().
• fix and enable sizeFilter().

Function Changes

• add/set filteredDownloads(multi.core = TRUE).
• amend warning message with timeMsg() in logDate().

packageRank 0.4.1

Function Changes

• logDate(): check download log URL before computing available_log() for logs available before 17:00 UTC.
• change facet_wrap(~ package, ncol = 2) to facet_wrap(~ package, nrow = 2).
• use logDate() in logPostInfo().
• enable log.count argument for plot.cranDownloads(r.total = TRUE and FALSE).
• enable multi.plot argument for rPlot(graphics = “ggplot2”).
• add geom_smooth(span = 3/4).

Fixes

• sizeFilter() and cranPackageSize(): fix multiple versions with package updates.

New Research Functions

• annualDownloads() and weeklyDownloads().

packageRank 0.4.0

New Features and Functionality

• filters shortcut via all.filters = TRUE argument.
• temporarily set options(timeout = 300L) for fetchCranLog() for R 4.0.3.
• time zone support via logDate().

Data Changes

• add pkg.history.
• add arch.pkgs.jul, arch.pkgs.oct, cran.pkgs.jul and cran.pkgs.oct samples.
• add october.downloads and july.downloads.
• add top.n.jul2020.
• rename blog.datatop.n.oct2019.
• use serialization format = 3 for blog.data object.

Fixes

• amend majority rule syntax in timeFix().
• fix Mac directory changes in packageMRAN().
• fix typo in plot.countryDistribution().
• fix resolveDate() by first as.character() all dates.
• fix scrapeData() using strsplit(fixed = TRUE).
• pass ‘f’ argument, lowess() smoother span value, to rPlot().

Function Changes

• add add.legend argument to plot.cranFilterCounts().
• add cumsum to cranDownloads() for cumulative counts and growth curves.
• add dataset argument to plotTopCountryCodes().
• add packageLog(clean.out = FALSE).
• add population.seed argument to populationPlot().
• add second.place argument to plotTopCountryCodes().
• add subtitle argument to inflationPlot2().
• add wed (Wednesday) argument to inflationPlot2().
• change default orientation of ggplot2 facets in plot.cranDownalods().
• note packageArchive() fix for ‘testthat’ filename typo/duplicate.
• set geom_point(size = 1.5) for single day, multiple package plot in singlePlot()
• use alpha transparency in plot.packageRank() labels.
• use “crandb_file_date” instead of “Date/Publication” in packageHistory().
• use sugrrants::facet_calendar() with packageVersionPercent(), plotTopCountryCodes(), and plotDownloadsCountry

New Functions

• countryDistribution()
• cranMirrors()
• cranPackages()
• cranPackageSize()
• downloadsCountry()
• filteredDownloads()
• ipCount()
• ipDownloads()
• ipPackage()
• packageMRAN()
• topCountryCodes()

New Filter Functions

• ipFilter()
• sequenceFilter()
• sizeFilter()
• smallFilter()
• tripletFilter()

New Helper Functions

• checkPackage()
• cleanLog()
• dateTime()
• packageSample()
• validatePackage()

New Time/Time Zone Functions

• currentTime()
• utc()
• utc0()
• localTime()
• logDate()
• logPostInfo()

New/Amended Blog specific Functions

• countsRanks()
• cranPlot()
• inflationPlot2()
• monthlyLog()
• packageVersionPercent()
• versionsPlot()

packageRank 0.3.5

Blog specific functions

• countsRanks()
• inflationPlot()

Data Changes

• add blog.data

Fixes

• fixDate_2012() for packageLog() Correct mislabeled filenames for 2012 logs RStudio’s CRAN download logs at http://cran-logs.rstudio.com/.

• fix “geom_smooth() using formula ‘y ~ x’” warning for ‘ggplot2’ v3.3.0.

Function Changes

• enable arbitrary “to” argument without “from” in cranDownloads() e.g., cranDownloads(from = NULL, to = “2020-01-01”).
• add/amend plot.cranDownloads(package.version = FALSE, r.version = FALSE).
• set plot.cranDownloads(points = “auto”) for <= 45 days.
• “spell check” package names via “check.package” argument cranDownload(), packageDistribution(), packageRank()
• deprecate packageRankTime() -> plot.cranDownloads(population.plot = TRUE)
• use packageLog(packages = NULL) to view a day’s log.
• enable negative filter values in packageLog() and packageRank().

New Functions

• archivePackages()
• countryPackage()
• packageArchive()
• packageCountry()
• packageDistribution()
• packageHistory() uses ‘pkgsearch’; packageHistory0() scrapes CRAN.
• packageInfo()
• validatePackage() uses ‘pkgsearch’; validatePackage0() scrapes CRAN.

packageRank 0.3.0

• add cranDownloads().
  • enable “yyyy-mm-dd”, “yyyy-mm” or “yyyy” in cranDownloads(from, to).
  • add plot.cran_downloads(points = “auto”).
  • add plot.cran_downloads(r.version).
• deprecate cran_downloads2().
• add dayOfMonth().
• add bioconductorDownloads().
• add bioconductorRank().

packageRank 0.2.0

• implement minor parallelization for packageRankTime().
• base graphics for single package/date; ggplot2 for multiple packages/dates.
• fix smooth argument in plot.package_rank_time(graphics_pkg = “base”).

packageRank 0.1.0

• first CRAN release.