On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Spencer Graves <spencer.gra...@prodsyse.com> wrote: > On 4/5/2011 5:01 PM, Gabor Grothendieck wrote: >> >> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Henrik Bengtsson<h...@biostat.ucsf.edu> >> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Duncan Murdoch<murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 11-04-05 6:22 PM, Spencer Graves wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 1. How can I tell when the development version of Rtools has >>>>> changed? >>>> >>>> I don't make announcements of the changes, you just need to check the >>>> web >>>> site. There are online tools that can do this for you automatically, >>>> but I >>>> don't know which one to recommend. Google suggests lots of them. >>> >>> I also asked myself this before and I must admit it took me a while to >>> interpret the contents of the webpage. There are multiple sections, >>> e.g. 'Changes since R 2.12.2', 'Changes since R 2.11.1', 'Changes >>> since R 2.11.0', and so on. Then within each section there are some >>> dates mentioned. Given my current R version (say R 2.13.0 beta) and >>> Rtools (Rtools213.exe), it not fully clear to me which section to look >>> at, e.g. 'Changes since R 2.12.2'? It might be more clear if there >>> instead the sections would be 'Changes in Rtools213', 'Changes in >>> Rtools212' and so on, and within each maybe list updates by >>> dates/version. More like a NEWS file. Then it would be easier to see >>> if there is an updated available or not. Even a NEWS file only >>> available as part of the installation will help decide whether the >>> version you have installed differ from the one available online. >>> Something like the following: >>> >>> == Changes in Rtools213 == >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> >>> == Changes in Rtools212 == >>> >>> 2011-03-25: >>> - Rtools 2.12 has been frozen. >>> - We have updated all of the tools to current Cygwin versions as of >>> March 25, 2011. We added the "du" utility from Cygwin. We have dropped >>> Vanilla Perl. The libjpeg version has been updated to 8c, and libpng >>> has been updated to 1.5.1. >>> >>> 2010-10-18: [v2.12.0.1892]<== Is this an Rtools version?!? >>> - Prior to October 18, 2010, builds of Rtools212.exe did not correctly >>> install the "extras" required to build R. Version 2.12.0.1892 or later >>> should fix this. >>> - We have now updated all of the tools to current Cygwin versions, and >>> have updated the compilers, and included the 64 bit compilers into >>> Rtools. See Prof. Ripley's page for the details. >>> - Perl is rarely needed in R since R 2.12.0, so it is by default not >>> installed. >>> >>> 2010-??-??: >>> - The 32 bit version of R-devel (to become R 2.12.0 in fall, 2010) >>> will be built with gcc 4.5.x, so Rtools212 contains a completely new >>> MinGW toolchain based on gcc 4.5.0. >>> >>> == Changes in Rtools211 == >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> >>> Just a suggestion ...and thanks for providing Rtools! >>> >>> /Henrik >> >> If a NEWS file were included in the Rtools distribution itself (and >> not just on the web site) it would be helpful since its not always >> clear which version you have on your system in the first place. > > However, adding a NEWS file increases the labor, and I'd be happy > letting Duncan and others continue doing what they do without asking them to > take the time to tell the rest of us what they did. > > > Something simpler would suffice for my needs, e.g., a revision number
That wouldn't let you know what version has been installed after installation. -- Statistics & Software Consulting GKX Group, GKX Associates Inc. tel: 1-877-GKX-GROUP email: ggrothendieck at gmail.com ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
