>>>>> "PD" == Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>     on 05 Oct 2006 15:59:44 +0200 writes:

    PD> Seth Falcon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
    >> Peter Dalgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
    >> > Herve Pages <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
    >> >
    >> >> Dear list,
    >> >> 
    >> >> The last R-devel snapshot (2006-10-03) is an empty tarball:
    >> >>   ftp://ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch/Software/R/
    >> >
    >> > We know... "make dist" was broken for a while. The unstable
    >> > development version will occasionally develop instabilities...
    >> 
    >> Might this be a good forum to announce such problems when they become
    >> known?  

    PD> Yes, in principle. We tend to want to fix them rather than announce
    PD> them, though.

I had sent Herve a private message with similar content.
You could also just send them to the core team, or,
if you know who is responsible, as in the present case, I am,
send it to me directly.   The smaller the forum, the better for
things that *are* important. 

Martin

    PD>  (It wasn't realized that there was a problem until
    PD> yesterday when Kurt was adjusting his package check procedures after
    PD> Tuesday's release.)

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