Ok.

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan@gmail.com>wrote:

> On 12-03-11 4:30 PM, Eduardo Mendes wrote:
>
>> Dear Prof. Ripley
>>
>> Many thanks. rtools 2.15 did the job.
>>
>> One note if I may - In the rtools site one reads
>>
>> rtools215.exe - r>2.14.1 to R 2.15.x No
>> rtoosl214.exe - r 2.13.x or R.2.14.x yes
>>
>> which can mislead the reader.  2.14.x could mean 2.14.2
>>
>
> But as Prof Ripley told you, you *can* use rtools214 in 2.14.2:  it's just
> not the default, you'll need to edit a MkRules.local file.
>
>
> > and "no" could mean
> > that rtools-2.15 is not read for prime time.
>
> "No" could mean lots of things, but in the context where that one
> appeared, I don't see "not ready for prime time" as a reasonable
> interpretation.  The reason the tools change is because bugs get fixed,
> libraries get upgraded, etc.  The "frozen" ones contain all the bugs that
> were present when they were frozen.  The unfrozen ones are maintained.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>

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