Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Paul Gilbert wrote: > > > > > If I understand this change correctly, I think is wrong for R-core to > > > think it is a small change. It has much more serious consequences for me > > > than any changes introduced R 1.0. It definitely should not be > > > introduced at a dot level release unless there is a fairly simple > > > mechanism to deal with the implications. It breaks 6 of my 9 packages > > > on CRAN at a fairly fundamental level, 2 more at a less serious level, > > > and some packages I have not yet release. > > But there is a lack of independence: it breaks no other package on CRAN > (all the other breakages are looking explicitly in what are now wrong > places, in some cases calling C-level entry points which are not in the > API).
Just to add, re. development: The intention is 1.9.x == pre-2.0.0, so the timing of a major restructuring is precisely right if we want as solid a 2.0 series as possible. -- O__ ---- Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~~~~~~~~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
