I am using 0.7.0 (R 3.4.4) on Linux now intensively. So far no issues.
Am 7. April 2018 08:52:18 MESZ schrieb Thomas Friedrichsmeier <thomas.friedrichsme...@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>: >Hi! > >After a long silence, we're finally getting ready to release RKWard >0.7.0. As this is the first release to be based on the KF5 / Qt5 >libraries, rather than KDE4 / Qt4, it would be highly appreciated, if >you could help with testing to make sure we are not overseeing any >important issues. As for new features, the most prominent thing to look >out for is the new "split views" feature, which allows to view R >scripts (or data) side-by-side in the main window. > >As a complication, the upcoming R 3.5.0 will break RKWard in two ways: >RKWard 0.6.5 will not work with R 3.5.0 at all (if there is a need for >this, we could consider also releasing a patched 0.6.5-release to >support KDE4 installations; right now the focus in on 0.7.0, only). >Further, RKWard 0.7.0 _compiled_ with R >= 3.5.0 will not run with R >3.4.x and vice-versa. > >To make sure we avoid breakage as much as possible, we'll try to make >do with a rather short testing period, and release on April 16th, i.e. >roughly a week before the scheduled release of R 3.5.0. In order to >make this work, ***I'd like to ask you to provide feedback by April >13*** (the earlier the better). Naturally, if anything important comes >up, the testing period will be extended as necessary. More details at >https://rkward.kde.org/Release_Schedule . > >Downloads are also linked from the release schedule page, above, but >as a lot of things have changed under the hood (corresponding to a lot >of hard work by Meik and others). I'll point out the main downloads, >here, too: > >---- Source: ---- >https://files.kde.org/rkward/testing/rkward-0.6.9z+0.7.0+pre1.tar.gz > >---- MacOS X installer: ---- >https://files.kde.org/rkward/testing/bundles/MacOSX/RKWard-binary-0.7.0pre1_OSX10.11_KF5-5.42.0_needs_CRAN_R-3.4.4.pkg > >For OSX 10.11 or higher. You have to install R 3.4.4, separately. > >---- Windows installer: ---- > >https://files.kde.org/rkward/testing/bundles/Windows/rkward-0.7.0-pre1-mingw_64-gcc.exe > >This comes bundled with R 3.4.4. > >---- Ubuntu binaries: ---- > >For regular Ubuntu installs: >https://launchpad.net/~rkward-devel/+archive/ubuntu/rkward-kf5-daily > >For Ubuntu installs with the CRAN version of R: >https://launchpad.net/~rkward-devel/+archive/ubuntu/rkward-kf5-daily-cran > >For Ubuntu installs with the CRAN version of R and KF5 backports: >https://launchpad.net/~rkward-devel/+archive/ubuntu/rkward-kf5-backports-daily-cran > >Thanks! >Thomas