Why is R 3.2 needed?

[dojeda]

I just tried to use cowplot::plot_grid with a fork of this repo, changing the minimum version of R to 3.1.2. It worked. Admittedly, I did not try all the functions of cowplot, but it worked enough for my case, and I avoided upgrading R to 3.2, which might break some other things. So I was just wondering, is the 3.2 version really necessary, or is it possible to relax this requirement so that older versions might profit from this package?

Cheers

[clauswilke]

I have only tested the package carefully for version 3.2. So while most functions may work for lower versions of R, I can't guarantee that everything will work. As you say, it's always possible to fork the repo, change the minimum version of R, and install.