[R-SIG-Mac]around old MacOS support

[Peter Paul Sint]

Probably simple for you
Previously you wrote
src/macintosh/ReadMe.MPW in R-devel archive (Aug_22_2001 or later).
But where is this R-devel archive? (an ftp archive, or a CVS?)
I never found this

I searched
http://developer.r-project.org/
rsync on http://cran.r-project.org/
http://rsync.r-project.org/
http://cran.r-project.org/
ftp://cran.r-project.org/pub/R/src
ftp://ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch/Software/R
ftp://cran.r-project.org/pub/R/sources.html
(http://cran.it.r-project.org/	 does not exist)

in searches I end up most of the time with some site for the binaries
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macos/
http://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/


I find also source of 1.3.1
http://cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-1.3.1.tgz

before I search longer I better ask.

Peter

>Peter,
>
>next version of R (and the currently R-devel.tgz archive) contains a detailed file and scripts that will allow anyone to recompile R with MPW C.
>
>I would be pleased if any of you wont to build R following the instructions in the src/macintosh folder.
>
>As for the graphic device: we are adopting a new engine for the graphics that is quite better (and fast on the carbon version too).
>But, for example, the porting to MacOS of the new APIs took me a lot of time for other things (such implementing new stuff or fixing bugs, writing docs)
>As R is getting more powerful and versatile the implementation for MacOS (non X) is harder and harder because most of developers are switching to OS X (Apple too btw) and abandon their tools.
>
>
>Stefano
>
>On Sabato, dicembre 1, 2001, at 12:15 , Peter Paul Sint wrote:
>>...
>>>Peter Sint
>>>
>>>Stefano

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