David, I think ideally we want to appoint a single person to take primary responsibility for the Windows builds. We are currently discussing this within R Core.
We also recognize that Microsoft is a stakeholder in R for Windows. The same is true of other members of the R Consortium. Going forward, it would be useful if all stakeholders could contribute to both support and strategic discussions in this area. best Martyn On Thu, 2017-09-28 at 15:47 +0000, David Smith via R-devel wrote: > Likewise, a hearty THANK YOU from me and the rest of the team at > Microsoft for all the work you, Duncan, have put into making R > available for Windows users around the world over the past 15 years. > I know it wasn't easy (Windows is not without its quirks), but R > users everywhere, ourselves included, are deeply appreciative and > have benefited greatly. > > The Microsoft R team is willing and able to produce builds for R on > Windows going forward. As Duncan noted, we've been doing this already > for some time for MRAN. I'd love to hear thoughts from this community > on what that might mean, and Duncan I'll also reach out to you > directly off-list. > > Cheers, > # David > > -----Original Message----- > From: R-devel [mailto:r-devel-boun...@r-project.org] On Behalf Of > Joris Meys > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 08:28 > To: r-devel@r-project.org > Subject: [Rd] Duncan's retirement: who's taking over Rtools? > > Dear dev team, > > I was sorry to see the announcement of Duncan about his retirement > from maintaining the R Windows build and Rtools. Duncan, thank you > incredibly much for your 15 years of devotion and your impressive > contribution to the R community as a whole. > > Thinking about the future, I wondered whether there were plans for > the succession of Duncan. Is it the intention to continue providing > Rtools and a Windows build, or are these tasks left open for anyone > (possibly Microsoft itself) to take them over? And if so, how will > the decision be made on that? > > Cheers > Joris > -- > ----------- > > Biowiskundedagen 2017-2018 > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.b > iowiskundedagen.ugent.be%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cdavidsmi%40microsoft.com%7 > C2fd515da9138451611b508d50685822b%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47% > 7C1%7C0%7C636422092884858146&sdata=BK7GESC6ladsk6cig0ima%2BbdV1sQ5Gde > ng%2BhWvtgwj4%3D&reserved=0 > > ----------- > > Joris Meys > Statistical consultant > > Ghent University > Faculty of Bioscience Engineering > Department of Mathematical Modelling, Statistics and Bio-Informatics > > tel : +32 (0)9 264 61 79 > joris.m...@ugent.be > ------------------------------- > Disclaimer : https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http% > 3A%2F%2Fhelpdesk.ugent.be%2Fe- > maildisclaimer.php&data=02%7C01%7Cdavidsmi%40microsoft.com%7C2fd515da > 9138451611b508d50685822b%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7 > C636422092884858146&sdata=PFbW9gv7%2Byi6puj42LyWHPPBqeYd83L3oQunaLTTS > nw%3D&reserved=0 > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstat > .ethz.ch%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fr- > devel&data=02%7C01%7Cdavidsmi%40microsoft.com%7C2fd515da9138451611b50 > 8d50685822b%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C636422092884 > 858146&sdata=7ZzH9QJUaGLOIR8u2b72PMK6ze7r7hk0mleytyLC7pk%3D&reserved= > 0 > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
