Status Rmetrics for R 2.6.0

[Kurt Hornik]

>>>>> Dirk Eddelbuettel writes:

> Hi Diethelm,

> On 8 October 2007 at 15:01, Diethelm Wuertz wrote:
> | Dear Rmetrics-Core List Memebers,
> | 
> | Dear Kurt, Dirk,
> | 
> | 
> | Thanks for all the comments I got so far for the new Rmetrics distribution.
> | 
> | The Current Status is the following
> | 
> | 1.
> | Now I have resubmitted all packages under Version
> | Number Rmetrics 260.72. I hope that now everything will be fine:

> Why all?  That makes a lot of manual work for Kurt, and to a lesser
> degree for me.

In any case ... everything on CRAN now.

Best
-k



> | You can have a look on all package reports including
> | the major log,  install, and unit test files:
> | 
> | http://www.itp.phys.ethz.ch/econophysics/R/RmetricsPackages/R-2.6.0/
> | 
> | 2.
> | Rdonlp is removed from package fPortfolio, so all packages
> | can also become part of Debian.

> Not so fast:

> i)  You didn't fix the dependence on akima. Or at least you didn't tell us.

> ii) I submitted RUnit, robustbase, and mnormt to Debian. The last is really
>     silly as already have the 'other multivaritate normal/t' (named mvtnorm) 
>     but whatever....  In any event, mnormt needs to be included so that I 
>     can then build sn, and then we still need to wait for sn to be included.

>     So as I asked before: next we hardwire new Depends, and early heads-up 
>     would help.

> Best regards, Dirk
 
> | 
> | Regards
> | Diethelm
> | 

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