[R] [R-pkgs] Reshape package: new version 0.5

[Liaw, Andy]

> From: Randall R Schulz
> 
> Sundar,
> 
> On Friday 23 September 2005 06:48, Sundar Dorai-Raj wrote:
> > Randall R Schulz wrote:
> > > Hadley,
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > Perhaps I'm dense, but I cannot find the software at the URL you
> > > mention. There are links to a paper and a PDF slide presentation,
> > > but no R package.
> > >
> > > There is also a dangling link (<http://r-project.org/>) in the
> > > first sentence.
> >
> > Hi, Randall,
> >
> > The first section of the webpage says:
> >
> > <quote>
> > How to install
> >
> > install.packages("reshape")
> > </quote>
> 
> Yes, of course I saw that.
> 
> 
> > Try the latter call at the R prompt.
> 
> Huh? All the other packages I've installed, and there have 
> been several, 
> I've downloaded from CRAN and used:
> 
> % R CMD INSTALL packageName.tar.gz
> 
> 
> How am I to do that when I don't have the package. Where is going to 
> come from?

If you do not know about the R function that is shown to you in response to
your question, wouldn't it help to check out its help page on your own
first?  By default install.packages() does the download _and_ the rest for
you automagically so you don't need to do that in steps outside of R.

 
> But now I see that there is a "reshape" package in CRAN.
> 
> I figured (yes, assumed) that since no mention of CRAN was 
> made at the 
> author's Web page that this release was not distributed there.

There's a short lag between package upload and its showing up on CRAN, and
possibly longer lag for that to show up on various mirror sites.  If and
when I announcement, I'd wait til I see it show up at least on the master
site before posting, or ask the users to check for availability.

Andy

 
> 
> > HTH,
> >
> > --sundar
> 
> 
> Randall Schulz
> 
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