Re: [R] Release schedule (was (no subject) )

2015-08-06 Thread peter dalgaard
> On 06 Aug 2015, at 18:08 , peter dalgaard wrote: > >> >> Except when it doesn't: "It is intended to have a final patch release >> of the previous version shortly before the next major release." > > Argh. Needs fixing... :-p > Done. (Of course, by the canonical definition of "major", Maci

Re: [R] Release schedule (was (no subject) )

2015-08-06 Thread peter dalgaard
> On 05 Aug 2015, at 22:47 , Duncan Murdoch wrote: > > On 05/08/2015 4:36 PM, peter dalgaard wrote: >> >>> On 05 Aug 2015, at 20:32 , Duncan Murdoch wrote: >>> >>> On 05/08/2015 2:15 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: So 3.1.3 to 3.2.0 was a major release? >>> >>> Yes. We do have the oddity (se

Re: [R] Release schedule (was (no subject) )

2015-08-05 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 05/08/2015 4:36 PM, peter dalgaard wrote: > >> On 05 Aug 2015, at 20:32 , Duncan Murdoch wrote: >> >> On 05/08/2015 2:15 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: >>> So 3.1.3 to 3.2.0 was a major release? >> >> Yes. We do have the oddity (see ?version) that 3 is the major version >> number and 2.0 is the mi

Re: [R] Release schedule (was (no subject) )

2015-08-05 Thread peter dalgaard
> On 05 Aug 2015, at 20:32 , Duncan Murdoch wrote: > > On 05/08/2015 2:15 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: >> So 3.1.3 to 3.2.0 was a major release? > > Yes. We do have the oddity (see ?version) that 3 is the major version > number and 2.0 is the minor version number including 0 as the > patchlevel,

Re: [R] Release schedule (was (no subject) )

2015-08-05 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 05/08/2015 2:15 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > So 3.1.3 to 3.2.0 was a major release? Yes. We do have the oddity (see ?version) that 3 is the major version number and 2.0 is the minor version number including 0 as the patchlevel, but we still call it a major release when the number in the middle

Re: [R] Release schedule (was (no subject) )

2015-08-05 Thread Jeff Newmiller
So 3.1.3 to 3.2.0 was a major release? --- Jeff NewmillerThe . . Go Live... DCN:Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead:

Re: [R] Release schedule (was (no subject) )

2015-08-05 Thread Uwe Ligges
On 05.08.2015 19:08, Jeff Newmiller wrote: New versions are released when they are ready. This is volunteer-driven software. Actually the plans are a bit more formal: http://developer.r-project.org/ Best, Uwe Ligges ---

Re: [R] Release schedule (was (no subject) )

2015-08-05 Thread Marc Schwartz
In addition, there are documents here: https://www.r-project.org/certification.html that cover R’s SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) that may be helpful. Regards, Marc Schwartz > On Aug 5, 2015, at 12:19 PM, Martin Morgan wrote: > > On 08/05/2015 10:08 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: >> N

Re: [R] Release schedule (was (no subject) )

2015-08-05 Thread Martin Morgan
On 08/05/2015 10:08 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote: New versions are released when they are ready. This is volunteer-driven software. From https://developer.r-project.org/ : The overall release schedule is to have annual x.y.0 releases in Spring, with patch releases happening on an as-needed basis

Re: [R] Release schedule (was (no subject) )

2015-08-05 Thread Jeff Newmiller
New versions are released when they are ready. This is volunteer-driven software. --- Jeff NewmillerThe . . Go Live... DCN:Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go...