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Easily install and load the tidymodels packages. Contribute to tidymodels/tidymodels development by creating an account on GitHub.

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The meta-package ships almost nothing, which is exactly what a version-pinning shim should do

tidymodelsmeta-packagedependency-managementnamespace-conflictsr-packages
◆Current state
The tidymodels package is a loader and version pin for the modeling framework's core set rather than a place where features live. Its entire changelog consists of updated dependency versions, adjustments to how tidymodels_prefer() resolves name conflicts against other packages, and the occasional addition of a package to the core set — workflowsets in 0.1.3, tailor in 1.4.0. The most recent releases moved the package's own code from the magrittr pipe to R's base pipe and patched a bug where some attached packages were omitted.
◆Where it's heading
Release cadence tracks the ecosystem rather than any roadmap of its own: a version bump when member packages release, a tidymodels_prefer() rule when a new conflict appears — DALEX::explains() over dplyr::explains(), recipes::update() over other update() methods. Additions to the core set are the only structurally interesting events, and there have been two in seven releases. Everything else is plumbing that exists so a single library() call attaches a consistent set of versions.
◆Prediction
The next release will most likely be another version-set update, with any new core package the only thing worth noting. Feature news for this framework will keep arriving in the member packages, not here.

◆Recent moves

  1. 11mo ago

    Fix for packages omitted from attachment

    Patches a bug where some packages were not attached. A four-day follow-up to 1.4.0 correcting its own regression.

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  2. 11mo ago

    tailor joins the core set; base pipe replaces magrittr

    Adds tailor to the core set, the first expansion of the attached packages since workflowsets in 0.1.3 — a core-set addition is how this package signals that a member has become part of the standard install rather than an optional extra. It also moves the package's own code from the magrittr pipe to the base R pipe.

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  3. 1y ago

    Conflict preferences added for DALEX and recipes

    Teaches tidymodels_prefer() two new conflict resolutions — DALEX::explains() over dplyr::explains(), and recipes::update() over competing update() methods — alongside a version refresh. Routine conflict bookkeeping.

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  4. 3y ago

    Conflict preferences and pinned versions refreshed

    Updates tidymodels_prefer() for new conflicts and refreshes the pinned versions. The most common release shape in this feed.

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  5. 4y ago

    Version refresh and testthat 3e migration

    Version updates plus a move to the third edition of testthat. Test infrastructure only.

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  6. 4y ago

    Rotating startup messages and an analysis template

    Adds five rotating startup messages pointing at documentation, and an R Markdown template for an analysis. Worth noting that the messages rotate on a modulo of the clock rather than the RNG, specifically so loading the package cannot perturb a reproducible seed.

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