Message-ID: <55C3C02A.7090609@gmail.com>
Date: 2015-08-06T20:14:34Z
From: Duncan Murdoch
Subject: R-patched is now R-beta?
In-Reply-To: <21955.45161.944906.596402@max.nulle.part>
On 06/08/2015 3:07 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>
> On 6 August 2015 at 11:33, Peter Langfelder wrote:
> | Just downloaded the newest R-patched.tar.bz. DEcompressing and
> | untarring now produces a directory R-beta instead of the usual (for
> | me, at least) R. The file VERSION now says 3.2.2 beta. Just wanted to
> | double-check that there is no mixup of development and patched
> | versions.
>
> That is the common pattern leading up to a release. See eg
> http://developer.r-project.org/
> and I quoteL
>
> The release of 3.2.2 ("Fire Safety") is scheduled for August 14,
> 2015. Release candidate tarballs will be made available during the week up to
> the release.
>
> 2015-08-04: START (3.2.2 beta)
> 2015-08-07: CODE FREEZE (3.2.2 RC)
> 2015-08-14: RELEASE (3.2.2)
>
> I made a first beta release for Debian on Aug 4th and plan to make one more
> before August 14 when 3.2.2 becomes official.
And for those on Windows, I do nightly builds of the beta and RC
versions. Please test these, and report any bugs asap.
Duncan Murdoch