Focus of Release

The changes in the v6.3.1 release of DataSHIELD’s dsBase and dsBaseClient packages are mainly focused on minor improvements, such as support for new versions of R, additional testing and minor bug fixes.

Changes from DataSHIELD v6.3 to v6.3.1

Changed to dsBase

• Minor updates and fixes to documentation of methods.
• Code fixes:
• cDS: corrected results for output if below threshold.
• lexisDS2: corrected checking of ‘intervalWidth’ argument.
• Addition of tests, including tests of performance.
• Support for R 4.4
• Regeneration of documentation.

Changes to dsBaseClient

• Minor updates and fixes to documentation of methods.
• Code fixes:
• Reworking of R version checking.
• Addition of tests, including tests of performance.
• Support for R 4.4
• Regeneration of documentation.

Supported Versions

DataSHIELD v6.3.1 is supported on R4.4, and would be expected to work with intermediate versions. At present the DataSHIELD client-side package is known to work on Ubuntu 24.04, and Windows 10. DataSHIELD server-side package is known to work when deployed to Opal 5.0 and Armadillo 4.11.1 running on Ubuntu 24.04, and Windows 10 and when deployed as a docker image.