R-patched is now R-beta?

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.

Dirk

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