Prof Brian Ripley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Joe Conway wrote: >> Is there a desire to get R to build under Cygwin, or is it preferable to >> put any effort into the Windows port? > > Clearly there is some interest (or Tony Rossini would not be trying), > but I don't see any desire to maintain R under Cygwin: it's an ongoing > commitment to keep it working that would be needed. It's amusing, and there are reasons for ME to be interested in it, but I think the reasons for constructing a Cygwin port are not pragmatic, given that Rterm exists and works. > In my experience Windows users want a Windows interface (and especially > Windows filenames), not a somewhat-like-Unix one. This is exactly the point. All but a negligible few unix-"primary" users who want a unix interface under Windows should be satisfied by the current Rterm. (it would be "nice" to have a cygwin port, it would solve some of the config and potential licensing (redistribution of ActivePerl) issues with Perl, etc, but this is a case of causing more pain to save a minimal amount of time and some documentation reading). I shouldn't be so negative; it WOULD be a nice thing to have someone do it. It just probably won't be me to finish it. best, -tony -- A.J. Rossini Rsrch. Asst. Prof. of Biostatistics U. of Washington Biostatistics [EMAIL PROTECTED] FHCRC/SCHARP/HIV Vaccine Trials Net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------- http://software.biostat.washington.edu/ ---------------- FHCRC: M: 206-667-7025 (fax=4812)|Voicemail is pretty sketchy/use Email UW: Th: 206-543-1044 (fax=3286)|Change last 4 digits of phone to FAX (my tuesday/wednesday/friday locations are completely unpredictable.) ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
