[R] Upgrading to R version 2.15.3 under Fedora.

[Rolf Turner]

Thanks Marc.  All very clear, cogent and useful.  Sorry for not
sending my original post to r-sig-fedora; I *knew* about that,
but had (in my dotage?) forgotten.

     cheers,

         Rolf

On 03/05/2013 09:01 AM, Marc Schwartz wrote:
> On Mar 4, 2013, at 1:48 PM, Rolf Turner <rolf.turner at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
>>  From time to time since the release of R 2.15.3 was announced
>> I have tried to upgrade from 2.15.2 by doing
>>
>>     sudo yum install R
>>
>> I keep getting
>>
>>> Package R-2.15.2-1.fc17.x86_64 already installed and latest version
>>> Nothing to do
>> Has the upgrade really not propagated to the Fedora repositories yet?
>>
>> Or is it the case that I am doing something wrong or that there is some
>> other action or adjustment required?
>>
>> I am running Fedora 17.1.
>>
>> Thanks for any hints.
>>
>>     cheers,
>>
>>         Rolf Turner
>
> Rolf,
>
> According to Koji, which is the Fedora build system:
>
>    http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=1230
>
> 2.15.3 is not yet available. So 2.15.2 is the most recent version available from the Fedora stable repos.
>
> You would also want to typically use:
>
>    sudo yum update R
>
> You could contact Tom Callaway to see what the timeline for 2.15.3 might be. He is cc'd here for convenience.
>
> Also, you can track the general package building and testing status for R here:
>
>    https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/R
>
> BTW Rolf, Fedora (and RH/RH derivative) related queries should go to r-sig-fedora:
>
>    https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-fedora
>
> Regards,
>
> Marc Schwartz
>
>