* Dirk Eddelbuettel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071213 16:30]: > > On 13 December 2007 at 08:40, Paul Gilbert wrote: > | I need to be able to build my packages and build R-devel to test them, > > I have been wondering for some time if / how we could provide 'r-devel' as a > deb for those interested. > > But I am not sure how to do it well from a technical standpoint. It probably > makes less sense to be as fine-grained as the 'release' version of R is with > its 10 packages. One quick and easy way would be to just configure with a > prefix of /usr/lib/r-devel and install the R frontend as Rdevel. > > Is there a feeling in the esteemed audience that this would be a good thing? > How often would you want to see this updated? Monthly? How would we stop it > from going to Debian testing (and possibly be 'older' than a released R in > unstable) ? Keep to Debian 'experimental' ?
As these packages would not be meant to migrate to testing, it seems to me experimental would be the right place. But I don't think I have a need for them, as far as I can think now. Johannes > > Are there better suggestions about how to do this? > > Cheers, Dirk > > -- > Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions. > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Debian mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian -- Dr. Johannes Ranke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key ID: F649AF90 UFT Bremen, Leobenerstr. 1 +49 421 218 63373 D-28359 Bremen http://www.uft.uni-bremen.de/chemie/ranke _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Debian mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian
