[bug#38576] [PATCH] gnu: r-irkernel: Fix R kernel loading

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Lars-Dominik Braun <address@hidden> skribis:

>> An argument in favor of the status quo would be that it allows users to
>> choose between ‘r’ and ‘r-minimal’.  Is that a compelling argument?
> reading the documentation I thought this was possible using
> --with-input=r-minimal=r ?

Yes, good point.

>> However, if we go that route, we should arrange to not propagate
>> ‘r-minimal’ (it’s intrusive) and instead have ‘kernel.json’ do the right
>> thing.
> I’m not following, sorry. What do you suggest kernel.json should do?

I was suggesting hard-coding the file name of the ‘R’ executable in
‘kernel.json’, but I see you already did that in your initial patch.
Sorry for the confusion.

On second thought, I think propagating R is acceptable in this case
because a Jupyter kernel is a thin wrapper around a programming language
implementation.

Unless there are objections, I’ll apply your initial patch.

Apologies for the delay, but I think it was good to have this
discussion!

Thanks,
Ludo’.