Upgrading R
Uwe Ligges wrote:
Gorjanc Gregor wrote:
Hello! New version of R has came out and I would like to thank to all developers on this matter. So I should probably upgrade. Fine and no problem. For windows I just grab the latest precompiled binnaries and install them. Then I see a report on a bug, which is or will be fixed in pacthed version. So I need to get binnaries from patched build and install them, right? How often do you people upgrade R on windows? For every patch? I know that it depends on the bug, but I would just like to hear what are your habits.
The binaries on CRAN are updated by Duncan Murdoch frequently. Of course, you can get the sources at arbitrary time and compile yourself hourly, if you prefer. ;-)
At present, "frequently = daily" is the target, but occasionally I miss the target for various reasons, such as a build error or something wrong with my job scheduling. Usually I notice within a few days and get things going again.
You have to distinguish official releases and patched versions. For official releases: Form the developer page: "The general schedule is to have major releases (x.y.0) biannually". During the last few years, each major release was followed by one minor (bug-fix) release after roughly one month.
Right, the daily builds are unreleased snapshots, and are not tested by me. If all goes well then whoever committed the latest changes tested them and didn't break anything, but things occasionally go wrong, which is why we have the alpha and beta test periods before a release. Duncan Murdoch
Uwe Ligges
I suppose Debian packages of "base R" are updated accordingly to R
patches,
aren't they?
Thanks in advance!
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