On Wed, 02 Sep 2009, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> 1.0.3-9 is no longer the current version as you know :)
oops... what happened? ;)) (just teasing, no follow up is due ;))
> On 2 September 2009 at 10:36, Yaroslav Halchenko wrote:
> | In [204]:numpy.__version__ is rpy.__version__
> | Out[204]:True
> Please explain what you intended to convey in the English language. I have no
> idea what this is about. Hence, I will close this if there is no follow-up
> as there is nothing actionable for me here.
__version__ is used in python modules to contain/report version of the
corresponding module. but in this case, due to 'from numpy import *' it
simply obtains __version__ from numpy and it gets exposed as
rpy.__version__. Fix is really trivial:
$> diff -Naur rpy_orig.py rpy.py
--- rpy_orig.py 2009-09-02 12:34:49.885577281 -0400
+++ rpy.py 2009-09-02 12:35:16.841053597 -0400
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@
# Version
from rpy_version import rpy_version
+__version__ = rpy_version
# Symbolic names for conversion modes
TOP_CONVERSION = 4
so it could be applied without any foreseen sideeffects, and backward
compatible (so rpy_version is still available) ;) And I consider this a
bug indeed (so imho it should not be silently closed without
action). Minor but still a bug (disclaimer: exaggeration
follows). Imagine versions of packages in debian all be reported as the
version of libc? how would you feel about it?
> If you want rpy to change, discuss it in the rpy list and keep in mind that
> it is no longer all that actively maintained by Greg W -- so best to supply a
> tested patch. Also note that the version dependency of rpy onto R has been a
> pain for years. I don;t expect any short-term fixes.
> rpy2 is actively maintained and may be a better choice. Among other
> things, it copes better with R version changes.
thanks for the advice -- we are targeting switch to rpy2, but for
now we stick with rpy. Also, although it is somewhat a pain, it is, I
guess, more tested by now than the fresh glowing rpy2.
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