>>>>> "MM" == Martin Maechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 08:56:41 +0200 writes:
>>>>> "BDR" == Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 22:25:58 +0100 (BST) writes:
BDR> At least some of this will go away if you use a current
BDR> version of 2.4.0 alpha rather than one that is a week
BDR> old (as the posting guide does ask). We are now at
BDR> r39258, and some of those binary packages were built
BDR> against a substantially later version of 2.4.0 alpha.
BDR> [............]
MM> Still "Thank you, Rich!" for running R-alpha and your report.
MM> We are grateful for everyone who does use R-alpha and reports
MM> "unusual" findings, even if some of them are already known to
MM> the R developers.
I have really failed to add the following:
The fact that you get *binary* windows packages for R-alpha **at all**
is already remarkable and only the result of extensive, persistent and
diligent work by Uwe Ligges and Brian Ripley.
They shall be thanked thoroughly hereby!
[ For alpha-testing, I'd typically expect anyone to build
anything from the sources -- which of course is quite a
requirement for users of R for windows. ]
Martin
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