[Rd] Last R-devel snapshot is an empty tarball
Martin Maechler
maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch
Thu Oct 5 16:42:16 CEST 2006
>>>>> "PD" == Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk>
>>>>> on 05 Oct 2006 15:59:44 +0200 writes:
PD> Seth Falcon <sfalcon at fhcrc.org> writes:
>> Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk> writes:
>> > Herve Pages <hpages at fhcrc.org> writes:
>> >
>> >> Dear list,
>> >>
>> >> The last R-devel snapshot (2006-10-03) is an empty tarball:
>> >> ftp://ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch/Software/R/
>> >
>> > We know... "make dist" was broken for a while. The unstable
>> > development version will occasionally develop instabilities...
>>
>> Might this be a good forum to announce such problems when they become
>> known?
PD> Yes, in principle. We tend to want to fix them rather than announce
PD> them, though.
I had sent Herve a private message with similar content.
You could also just send them to the core team, or,
if you know who is responsible, as in the present case, I am,
send it to me directly. The smaller the forum, the better for
things that *are* important.
Martin
PD> (It wasn't realized that there was a problem until
PD> yesterday when Kurt was adjusting his package check procedures after
PD> Tuesday's release.)
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