[SPARK-14074] Use fixed version of install_github in SparkR build

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.6.2, 2.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 1.6.2, 2.0.0
• Component/s: Build, SparkR
• Target Version/s: 1.6.2, 2.0.0
• Assignee: Sun Rui
• Reporter: Xiangrui Meng
• Created: 22/Mar/16 18:14
• Updated: 23/Mar/16 16:23
• Resolved: 23/Mar/16 14:57

Description

In dev/lint-r.R, `install_github` makes our builds depend on a unstable source. We should use official releases on CRAN instead even the released version has less feature.

cc: shivaram sunrui

Issue Links

• links to: [Github] Pull Request #11913 (sun-rui)
• links to: [Github] Pull Request #11914 (sun-rui)