Add RETICULATE_MAX_CACHE_AGE_DAYS environment variable - #1915
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Closes #1905.
CRAN requested an environment-variable counterpart to
reticulate.max_cache_age.This adds
RETICULATE_MAX_CACHE_AGE_DAYS, interpreted as a possibly fractionalnumber of days. It takes precedence over the R option, while the default remains
120 days.
The change updates
?py_requireand NEWS and adds a regression coveringenvironment-variable precedence and cache clearing.