R v4.4.0 needed for r-notebooks due to security vulnerability

[bryancquach]

What docker image(s) is this feature applicable to?

r-notebook

What change(s) are you proposing?

Update Dockerfile to install R v4.4.0.

How does this affect the user?

A security vulnerability was identified for versions of R <4.4.0. Consequently, the most recent versions of some CRAN packages like Matrix and MASS now require R versions >=4.4.0. These packages are dependencies for many popular R packages such as tidyverse. Providing an updated R version will circumvent the need to resolve a potentially long list of common dependencies that will need to be explicitly installed and resolved prior to installing an R package.

Anything else?

No response

[massongit]

datascience-notebook also needs to update R.

[mathbunnyru]

Note - we don't pin any specific R version in our images and images are rebuilt weekly.
So, there is nothing to do within this project - as soon all the dependencies are updated, new R version will be installed automatically.

Providing an updated R version will circumvent the need to resolve a potentially long list of common dependencies that will need to be explicitly installed and resolved prior to installing an R package.

This is true. If you want this to be resolved asap, I highly suggest to help dependent projects to update (this also includes working on recipes in conda-forge).

[mathbunnyru]

Btw, conda-forge team is working on updating r-base to 4.4.0 (it has to be done first): conda-forge/r-base-feedstock#297