[R] MASS package and lda

[Prof Brian Ripley]

On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Sean Davis wrote:

> I'm sorry if I am missing something, but I am looking for the lda
> function and can't find it (used to be in MASS).  I know there is
> reorganization going on for R-1.9 and expected to find lda in stats, but
> I didn't.  Do I need to go back to R-1.8.1 or is there an lda function
> lurking that I haven't found yet for R-1.9.0?  In any case, are there
> other significant functions that currently are not included in R-devel
> (R-1.9.0) of which us users should be aware?

There is no 1.9.0 as yet., but what reorganization there is *is* described 
in the NEWS file of R-devel. 

lda is still in Venables and Ripley's MASS.  Perhaps you forgot to rsync
up the recommended packages?  (Run tools/rsync-recommended in the 
top level of the sources before running configure.)

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