Thanks a lot, Dirk, for the clarifications and background info!! Martin On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 16:28, Dirk Eddelbuettel <e...@debian.org> wrote: > > On 5 October 2009 at 09:52, Martin Maechler wrote: > | Read this on R-help, > | subject "[R] Ubuntu, Revolutions, R". > | > | I can hardly believe it's true and at the moment suspect > | that Andrew has a very unusual '/etc/apt/sources.list' or > | (an analogoue of that) > | > | Any qualified comments, > | Dirk Eddelbuettel, Vincent Goulet, ?? > > Please see the follow-up by David Smith on r-help. > > In short: Canonical and REvolution have cooperated to provide an enhanced R > version in the upcoming Ubuntu release due out at the end of October. It > offers both the Intel MKL (the fastest BLAS available thanks to extensive > code optimization and, where possible, multithreaded operations) and the > REvolution 'iterators', 'foreach', 'doMC', 'doSNOW' packages that make > parallel execution easier (either via Simon's multicore or via snow). > > Nothing is taken away from R, and the only visible change is the message from > /etc/R/Rprofile.site which can be commented-out rather easily. It can also be > suppressed by using one ot the standard options --silent, --slave or --quiet. > > As you asked: I have provided technical assistance via the packaging and the > integration into the Ubuntu release. I have also tested this fairly > rigorously on amd64 and i386 machines. Lastly, the 'R-for-Ubuntu-via-CRAN' > process that is handled by Vincent and Michael is completely separate from > this and continues to be a straight port of my Debian package. > > If you have any questions, I'd be happy to take them off-line. I look forward > to your comments once your Ubuntu installation has upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10. > > Regards, Dirk > > > | Martin > | > | > | >>>>> "AC" == Andrew Choens <andy.cho...@gmail.com> > | >>>>> on Sun, 4 Oct 2009 23:40:44 -0400 writes: > | > | AC> For those who don't follow Ubuntu development carefully, > | AC> the first Beta for the next Ubuntu was recently > | AC> released, so I took my home system and upgraded to help > | AC> out with filing bugs, etc. > | > | AC> Just to be clear, I am not looking for help with the > | AC> upgrade process. I've had R, and a few miscellaneous > | AC> CRAN packages installed on this computer for years. > | AC> Today, when I loaded an R session I had developed before > | AC> the upgrade, I saw something new in my R "welcome > | AC> message". > | > | >> > | >> R version 2.9.2 (2009-08-24) > | >> Copyright (C) 2009 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing > | >> ISBN 3-900051-07-0 > | >> > | >> R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > | >> You are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions. > | >> Type 'license()' or 'licence()' for distribution details. > | >> > | >> R is a collaborative project with many contributors. > | >> Type 'contributors()' for more information and > | >> 'citation()' on how to cite R or R packages in publications. > | >> > | >> > | >> This is REvolution R version 3.0.0: > | >> the optimized distribution of R from REvolution Computing. > | >> REvolution R enhancements Copyright (C) REvolution Computing, Inc. > | >> > | >> Checking for REvolution MKL: > | >> - REvolution R enhancements not installed. > | >> For improved performance and other extensions: apt-get install > revolution-r > | > | AC> The last part, about this being the "enhanced" version of R was . . > . > | AC> unexpected. I have heard of this company before and now I've spent > some time > | AC> on their website. Looking at my installation, Ubuntu did not > install any of > | AC> the REvolution Computing components, although R now basically thows > a warning > | AC> every time I start it. > | > | AC> My question(s) for the community is this (pick any question(s) you > like to > | AC> answer: > | AC> Should I install the REvolution Computing packages? > | AC> Do these packages really make R faster? > | AC> Are these packages stable? > | AC> What are your experiences with REvolution Computing software? > | > | AC> I am interested in hearing from members of the community, > REvolution Computing > | AC> employees/supporters (although please ID yourself as such) and most > anyone > | AC> else. I can see what they say on their website, but I'm interested > in getting > | AC> other opinions too. > | > | AC> Thanks! > | > | AC> ______________________________________________ > | AC> r-h...@r-project.org mailing list > | AC> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > | AC> PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > | AC> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > | > | _______________________________________________ > | R-SIG-Debian mailing list > | R-SIG-Debian@r-project.org > | https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-debian > > -- > Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions. > > _______________________________________________ > R-core list: https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-core > >
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