[R] Cran package directory 404 error since 30th December
I have been getting a object not found error trying to access the CRAN package directory since the 30th December. I have tried several mirrors with the same error. A search here only shows a single question on this from anyone else (on the 30th December) which wasn't answered. I am surprised that there hasn't been more comment on this. Is there an announcement somewhere about this that I have missed, that say CRAN packages is down for maintenance or some other planned down time. Many thanks, Graham [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] Cran package directory 404 error since 30th December
On 02/01/2012 08:17, Graham Smith wrote: I have been getting a object not found error trying to access the CRAN package directory since the 30th December. I have tried several mirrors with the same error. A search here only shows a single question on this from anyone else (on the 30th December) which wasn't answered. I am surprised that there hasn't been more comment on this. Is there an announcement somewhere about this that I have missed, that say CRAN packages is down for maintenance or some other planned down time. You missed the thread on R-devel. The short answer is that this needs someone in Vienna to fix (people do have vacations and take weekends off), and that the web/packages directory is pure sugar: the packages are still there, the check results are there ... just the summary pages are missing and they are accessible via one (at least) of the mirrors. The person whose message here was unanswered bombarded many people, including CRAN and me personally, so did get several replies. Many thanks, Graham [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. That means you: no HTML mail -- Brian D. Ripley, rip...@stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UKFax: +44 1865 272595 __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] Cran package directory 404 error since 30th December
Thanks Brian, The short answer is that this needs someone in Vienna to fix (people do have vacations and take weekends off), and that the web/packages directory is pure sugar: the packages are still there, the check results are there ... just the summary pages are missing and they are accessible via one (at least) of the mirrors. The person whose message here was unanswered bombarded many people, including CRAN and me personally, so did get several replies. I'm not subscribed to R-devel, and usually just sit and wait for these things to sort themselves out. Generally, even during holiday periods this sort of thing get sorted amazingly quickly, but I was puzzled by the lack of comment. suggesting it may be some DNS look up error at my end. It came to light when browsing he task views and then wanting to read the manual for a particular package, but getting a 404 when I clicked the link. I was obviously un lucky with the mirrors I tried. Any thanks again. Graham [[alternative HTML version deleted]] __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
