On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Swinton, Jonathan wrote:
> > From: Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: [Rd] package 'stats' needs import directive for 1.9.0?
> > To: "Heywood, Giles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ...
> > I suggest you don't try: there are already quite a few 1.9.0-specific
> > versions of packages on CRAN, and 1.8.x will be history in a
> > couple of
> > months.
> >
> I'm not sure I understand the advice here. I have also hit the same problem,
> and it seems reasonable to me to aspire to maintain a single package which
> works on both 1.8.x and 1.9.x.
>
It's reasonable to aspire to it, just like maintaining a package that
works under S-PLUS and R is reasonable to aspire to. I think the
recommendation is that it's not worth the effort, given the short period
of time it will be useful.
-thomas
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