Should I continue using R v2.8.1 ?

Question

I've been using R v2.8.1 for a long time. Normally I would upgrade it to the latest version but something keeps me away from the builds later than 2.8.1:

I use

read.table(file=file.choose(),header=TRUE)

frequently in my libraries. After upgrading to 2.9.0, R started not to remember the latest directory used while selecting file. I downgraded to 2.8.1 and now R can remember again the last directory used. I don't know why they changed that behavior in this direction but this is absolutely crucial for me. It wastes my time in v2.9.0 every time I try to find a specific directory when R cannot remember it.

Now R 2.10.1 is released. I don't know if they have corrected this issue. Should I upgrade or is it just enough to continue using v2.8.1? Will I miss something if I stick at 2.8.1?

Answer 1

You could take care of the latest directory used yourself. For instance, you could edit your .Rprofile and add a function .Last that stores the latest directory in a file and a function .First that reads that file und sets the working directory. Something similar to

.Last <- function() cat(getwd(), file="~/.Rlastdir")
.First <- function() setwd(readLines("~/.Rlastdir"))