Recommended Packages

Having just update to R 2.6.2 on my old Windows laptop I notice that the 
number of packages is growing exponentially and my usual approach of 
get-em-all may not be viable much longer. Has any thought been given to 
dividing "contributed" binaries into a recommended set, perhaps a couple 
of hundred, and the remained. That way one could install the recommended 
ones routinely and add in the others as required. Any comments?

Murray Jorgensen

Having just update to R 2.6.2 on my old Windows laptop I notice that the
 number of packages is growing exponentially and my usual approach of
 get-em-all may not be viable much longer. Has any thought been given to
 dividing "contributed" binaries into a recommended set, perhaps a couple
 of hundred, and the remained. That way one could install the recommended
 ones routinely and add in the others as required. Any comments?

 Murray Jorgensen

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