[Rd] R-patched is now R-beta?

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 06/08/2015 3:07 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> 
> 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.

And for those on Windows, I do nightly builds of the beta and RC
versions.  Please test these, and report any bugs asap.

Duncan Murdoch