[Rd] RE: [R] Bus error with xyplot
Paul Murrell
p.murrell@auckland.ac.nz
Tue Feb 4 00:00:06 2003
Hi
ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk wrote:
> I have suggested before that grid be more closely integrated with R, and
> become a base package. Then grid would only be changed when the R
version
> changes, and the critical incompatibility goes away.
Some arguments against:
(i) grid is the only thing using (i.e., testing) large parts of the
under-development graphics API.
(ii) Moving grid into base would bloat base; we're keener on making
base more slim-line right? (Once the API is complete, we could
theoretically move base graphics into an add-on too. And all the
devices ...)
(iii) With grid as an add-on it can have asynchronous patch versions
(iv) In practice this is happening now anyway (new minor version of
grid and lattice only with each minor version of R)
Paul
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