packageRank 0.9.3

New Functionality

• add cranDistribution() with plot, print and summary methods.
• add queryCount(), queryPackage(), queryPercentile() and queryRank().
• refactor and use memoization and cranDistribution() in packageRank().

Function Changes

• add/set packageRank(rank.ties = TRUE).
• compute cores only for cranDistribution(ip.filter = TRUE).

Plot Changes

• use grDevices::devAskNewPage() with multiple packages in plot.packageRank(graphics = “base”).

Fixes

• fix transitory problem of multiple instances of a package on CRAN during a package update.

packageRank 0.9.2

Fixes

• amend pro.mode = TRUE error message for cranDownloadsB() ‘from’ argument.
• amend ‘cranlogs’ guess-timate in logInfo().
• fix multiple smoother subtitles: addMultiPlotSmoother and addRPlotSmoother().

packageRank 0.9.1

New Functionality

• add/set cranDownloads(pro.mode = FALSE).

Fixes/Updates

• update cranMirrors().
• fix cranDownloads(to = NULL).
• fix dayOfMonth(end.of.month = TRUE).
• fix plot(cranDownloads(pkg, when = “last-month”), unit.observation = “week”, smooth = TRUE).
• fix smoothWeekData() call in addSmoother()

Plot Changes

• use title case for axes labels.
• contextualize smoother subtitle in plot.cranDownloads(graphics = “base”).

Documentation

• amend discussion of smoother parameters (loess as “default”) in README.

packageRank 0.9.0

New Functionality

• add rLog().
• add cranPackageSize(mac.ver = “arm”).

Deprecated

• remove tripletFilter() - redundant with amended sizeFilter().

Fixes/Updates

• If available, multi.core = FALSE by default in all functions.

• amend/correct aggregateData(unit.observation = “week”).

• fix computeFileSizeB() for multiple size units.

• update cranMirrors().

• update/set cranPackageSize(r.ver = “4.3”).

• fix argument error in packageArchive() for sizeFilter().

• fix packageDistribution() for multiple packages.

• add timeout fix to packages_on_CRAN(), packageArchive() and packageCRAN().

• fix/ensure exact package name matching in packageCRAN().

• return latest release in package_info() for packageCRAN() (n.b. pkg updates).

• fix packageCRAN(size) and packageArchive(size).

• fix packageHistory(“R”).

• match point types in plot.cranDownloads(graphics = “ggplot2”, unit.observation = “week”).

• modify removeSequences() for high volume packages.

• fix typo/error in sequenceFilter().

Function Changes

• use previous day if today not available in cranDownloads().

• remove non-user facing functions from NAMESPACE.

• update ‘ggplot2’ syntax in cranDownloads() plot functions, ggPlot(), gg_bioc_plot(), plot.annualDownloads(), plotDownloadsCountry(), plot.packageDistribution(), plotTopCountryCodes(), plot.weeklyDownloads() and plot.packageVersionPercent().

• check internet connection in bioconductorDownloads() and bioconductorRank().

• change “warn.msg” to “print.message” in checkPackage().

• remove dev.mode argument from checkPackage().

• add/set plot.countryDistribution(N = 10) for top N country domains.

• match cranlogs::cran_downloads() behavior with duplicate packages in cranDownloads() and packageHistory().

• add delta count and inflation unit in filteredDownloads().

• replace ip_filter() with greedyIP() in ipFilter().

• use only counts in greedyIP() in ipFilter().

• compute run length encoding and candidate.data in ipFilter(campaigns = TRUE).

• change/set ipCount(sort.count = TRUE).

• use “file.url.date” in ipCount() and ipDownloads().

• disable parallel code for ipFilter(campaigns = TRUE).

• include local time with logInfo(details = TRUE).

• check last 3 rather than last 7 logs for logInfo(details = TRUE).

• name list elements in packageHistory().

• set packageHistory(check.package = TRUE).

• use “crandb_file_date” for dates in packageHistory().

• use packageCRAN() instead of mpackages_on_CRAN() in packageHistory().

• return empty data frame for no CRAN, no Archive in packageHistory0().

• make packageHistory0(), packageCRAN() and packageArchive() standalone and private.

• change plot.annualDownloads(f = 1/4).

• add/set plot.annualDownloads(line.col = “gray”) and fix outliers.

• replace log_count argument with log.y in plot.bioconductorRank and plot.packageRank().

• rename/set sequenceFilter(delta.time = 10).

• add pre-flight checks to sequenceFilter() and smallFilter().

• replace identifySequences() with removeSequences() in sequenceFilter().

• set packageHistory(check.package = FALSE) in sequenceFilter().

• filter out undersized downloads of past versions in sizeFilter().

• add exception for “R” in validatePackage() and validatePackage0().

• remove tripletFilter() code from utilities.R functions.

Documentation

• add annualDownloads() example to README.
• add personal default plots to README.

packageRank 0.8.3

Fixes

• use packageLifeFilter() only when cranDownloads(check.package = TRUE).
• remove fix for doubled cranlogs::cran_downloads(packages %in% c(NULL, pkg)) counts; underlying ‘cranlogs’ issue #68 fixed.

Documentation

• amend/update README.

Changes

• clean DESCRIPTION Imports.

packageRank 0.8.2

Fixes

• fix “doubled” cranlogs::cran_downloads(packages = “R”) R application download counts in cranDownloads() from 2023-09-12 to 2023-10-02.
• fix doubled cranlogs::cran_downloads(packages %in% c(NULL, pkg)) download counts in cranDownloads() from 2023-09-19 to 2023-10-01.
• add timeout fix to checkPackage().

Function Changes

• set packageHistory(check.package = FALSE)
• remove “Today’s results not available” message from cranDownloads().

Documentation

• amend Sunday/Wednesday R Windows application download spikes README note.
• add discussion of “doubled” counts in cranlogs::cran_downloads() to README.

packageRank 0.8.1

New Functionality

• add packages_on_CRAN(), packages_in_Archive(), packages_observed_in_logs() and packages_partitioned().
• add extractArchiveDate().
• add/set packages_partitioned(observed.downloads = FALSE).

Fixes

• amend packageLog() for packages that get filtered to zero.
• amend/fix sizeFilter() for archive-only packages.
• fix pkgsearch::cran_package_history() “try-error” in packageHistory().
• fix ylim in plot.cranDownloads(graphics = “base”, unit.observation = “week”).
• fix logInfo() when ‘cranlogs’ not available.
• set filteredDownloads(all.filters = FALSE) if any individual filter is TRUE.
• add temporary timeout = 600L to packages_partitioned().
• set options(timeout = 600L) in cranPackageSize().
• sort list element names in packageHistory().

Function Changes

• set packageLog(check.package = FALSE) in filteredDownloads().
• memoize packages_partitioned().
• add/set dev.mode = FALSE for ipFilter() in countryDistribution(), countryPackage() and ipPackage().
• add memoized archivePackages().
• refactor checkPackage().
• change result data type and content of validatePackage().
• add ‘cranlogs’ check to cranDownloads().
• add/use memoized packageHistory0() in packageHistory().
• allow mix of CRAN and Archive-only packages (and R) in packageHistory().
• add memoized packages_on_CRAN().
• add CRAN check to packageHistory().

Documentation

• note Wednesday R Windows application download spikes in README.

packageRank 0.8.0

Fixes

• add lookup for exceptions in cranMirrors().
• fix plot.cranDownloads(graphics = “base”, multi.plot = TRUE, smooth = TRUE).
• fix sequenceFilter() for packages not in CRAN Archive.

Function Change

• set annualDownloads(log.y = FALSE).
• add/set annualDownloads(sep.y = FALSE).
• add/set cranMirrors(description = FALSE).
• change logInfo(list.available = FALSE) to logInfo(show.available = FALSE).
• set class of packageHistory()$Date to “Date”.
• archive/deprecate packageMRAN() and related functionality.
• set loess as default smoother in plot.cranDownloads()

Documentation

• add discussion about R Windows Sunday downloads to README.

packageRank 0.7.2

Function Change

• add exception to logInfo() when ‘cranlogs’ is down.

packageRank 0.7.1

Fixes

• fix/clean rPlot(r.version = TRUE).
• fix plot(cranDownloads(“R”), r.total = TRUE).

Function Change

• logInfo() checks for last available log.

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.cranDownloads().
• 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()
• versionPlot()

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 cranDownloads(), 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.