Gavin Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 15:03 +0200, Peter Dalgaard wrote: > > Gavin Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Dear list, > > > > > > I have been using and testing the alpha/betas of R 2.4.0, sources for > > > which I got from svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-2-4-branch, and which I > > > compiled on my Fedora Core 5 machine. No problems there. I have just > > > updated the source tree today and re-compiled - which also works just > > > fine. When run, this gives: > > > > > > R version 2.4.0 Patched (2006-10-03 r39576) > > > > > > So I assume from that, that I am using the latest version of the R 2.4 > > > branch? > > > > > > This is a little at odds with the R-Admin manual, which in section 1.2.1 > > > states that you get R-patched from > > > https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-x-y-patches/ . But there is no > > > R-2-4-patches/ on svn.r-project.org/R/branches/. Is the documentation in > > > this manual incorrect for R >= 2.4.0, and will > > > svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-2-4-branch continue to be R 2.4.0 > > > patched? Or will a R-x-y-branches branch be created for this release? > > > > This is just an oversight. > > > > Thing is that we decided to create the branch already at > > "Grand-Feature Freeze", which simplifies the release phase procedures > > quite a bit and reduces the risk of last-minute surprises. It also > > opens up the "trunk" for new development a bit earlier. So 2.4.x > > alpha/beta/RC/<final>/Patched releases are now all cut from the same > > branch. A side effect was that the branch name "x-y-patches" would be > > a misnomer, so it got changed. > > Hi Peter, > > Thanks for clearing that up for me. If this is the way things are going > to be done in future, here is a patch to the R-admin.texi sources (also > attached) > > All the best, > > G > > ## Patch to R-admin.texi - I hope I did this right, first time and all?
Technically, it's fine, but I suspect that more needs to be changed. I've been trying to work in a new terminology where "r-release-branch" replaces "r-patched" (for much the same reason as renaming the branch tag). I have this partly in place in http://developer.r-project.org/SVNtips.html but I see that there is still a handful of places that I have missed. > Index: doc/manual/R-admin.texi > =================================================================== > --- doc/manual/R-admin.texi (revision 39576) > +++ doc/manual/R-admin.texi (working copy) > @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ > @url{http://subversion.tigris.org/, @code{subversion.tigris.org}}), you > can check out and update the current r-devel from > @url{https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/} and the current r-patched from > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@var{y}-patches/} > [EMAIL PROTECTED]://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/[EMAIL > PROTECTED]@var{y}-branch/} > (where @var{x} and @var{y} are the major and minor number of the current > released version of R). E.g., use > > -- > %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% > Gavin Simpson [t] +44 (0)20 7679 0522 > ECRC & ENSIS, UCL Geography, [f] +44 (0)20 7679 0565 > Pearson Building, [e] gavin.simpsonATNOSPAMucl.ac.uk > Gower Street, London [w] http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucfagls/ > UK. WC1E 6BT. [w] http://www.freshwaters.org.uk > %~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~%~% > -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Øster Farimagsgade 5, Entr.B c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics PO Box 2099, 1014 Cph. K (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
