Hi
1 - Here's some info on the version numbers: http://r-pkgs.had.co.nz/description.html#version. 2 integers separated by dots or dashes is the minimum length, but can be up to 4. There's also the
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Yes, it doesn't have a queryable API, just uses static assets. It doesn't need to build any html though (thats just for humans): it builds out a static package list by concatenating the individual files within each package, and that could be done dynamically.
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That's right. There is devtools::release() but it looks like that only works for cran, so I think there's no consensus about a generic upload method. OTOH, once built its just a zip file so crafting the R to send it off over http is not hard.