Where to find out about fixed bugs (Re: [R] Problem with R-2.1.0: install.packages() doesn't work)
On Sat, 23 Apr 2005, Marc Schwartz wrote:
On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 16:14 +0200, Uwe Ligges wrote:
Thanks for your work on this topic, Marc, but the bug has already been
fixed by Brian 4 days ago (see below).
Uwe
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r33976 | ripley | 2005-04-19 05:38:51 -0400 (Tue, 19 Apr 2005) | 1 line
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Thanks Uwe. It was a nice workout for these aging neurons... ;-) Did I miss a bug report on this? I don't recall seeing a report come through and a quick review of r-devel and the bug tracking system does not turn up anything.
The vast majority of the bug fixes are not from formal bug reports but from things spotted by R-core members either when using R (as here) or from reading the code (normally to find something else). (90% of those documented for 2.1.0.)
In either case, glad to see that it is fixed. I have also downloaded a copy of the 2.1.0 patched tarball and noted that it is fixed there (Version 2.1.0 Patched (2005-04-20)), so for anyone compiling from source get a copy of: ftp://ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch/Software/R/R-patched.tar.gz
Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595