Re: [R] Upgrading R
Thanks to all for their explanations. Things are much clearer to me now. -- Lep pozdrav / With regards, Gregor Gorjanc University of Ljubljana Biotechnical Faculty URI: http://www.bfro.uni-lj.si/MR/ggorjan Zootechnical Departmentemail: gregor.gorjanc bfro.uni-lj.si Groblje 3 tel: +386 (0)1 72 17 861 SI-1230 Domzalefax: +386 (0)1 72 17 888 Slovenia __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Re: [R] Upgrading R
Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > You have to distinguish official releases and patched versions. > > For official releases: > > Form the developer page: "The general schedule is to have major > > releases (x.y.0) biannually". > > During the last few years, each major release was followed by one > > minor (bug-fix) release after roughly one month. > > Right, the daily builds are unreleased snapshots, and are not tested > by me. If all goes well then whoever committed the latest changes > tested them and didn't break anything, but things occasionally go > wrong, which is why we have the alpha and beta test periods before a > release. In particular, daily snapshots are usually only tested on the machine of the last person to commit code to the repository. One of the main points of having the test periods before release, and the associated code freezes, is that this allows a reasonable chance that the released sources work across a range of platforms. (The other reason is that it prevents developers from rushing in changes.) -- O__ Peter Dalgaard Blegdamsvej 3 c/ /'_ --- Dept. of Biostatistics 2200 Cph. N (*) \(*) -- University of Copenhagen Denmark Ph: (+45) 35327918 ~~ - ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) FAX: (+45) 35327907 __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Re: [R] Upgrading R
Uwe Ligges wrote: Gorjanc Gregor wrote: Hello! New version of R has came out and I would like to thank to all developers on this matter. So I should probably upgrade. Fine and no problem. For windows I just grab the latest precompiled binnaries and install them. Then I see a report on a bug, which is or will be fixed in pacthed version. So I need to get binnaries from patched build and install them, right? How often do you people upgrade R on windows? For every patch? I know that it depends on the bug, but I would just like to hear what are your habits. The binaries on CRAN are updated by Duncan Murdoch frequently. Of course, you can get the sources at arbitrary time and compile yourself hourly, if you prefer. ;-) At present, "frequently = daily" is the target, but occasionally I miss the target for various reasons, such as a build error or something wrong with my job scheduling. Usually I notice within a few days and get things going again. You have to distinguish official releases and patched versions. For official releases: Form the developer page: "The general schedule is to have major releases (x.y.0) biannually". During the last few years, each major release was followed by one minor (bug-fix) release after roughly one month. Right, the daily builds are unreleased snapshots, and are not tested by me. If all goes well then whoever committed the latest changes tested them and didn't break anything, but things occasionally go wrong, which is why we have the alpha and beta test periods before a release. Duncan Murdoch Uwe Ligges I suppose Debian packages of "base R" are updated accordingly to R patches, aren't they? Thanks in advance! -- Lep pozdrav / With regards, Gregor Gorjanc University of Ljubljana Biotechnical Faculty URI: http://www.bfro.uni-lj.si/MR/ggorjan Zootechnical Departmentemail: gregor.gorjanc bfro.uni-lj.si Groblje 3 tel: +386 (0)1 72 17 861 SI-1230 Domzalefax: +386 (0)1 72 17 888 Slovenia __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
Re: [R] Upgrading R
Gorjanc Gregor wrote: Hello! New version of R has came out and I would like to thank to all developers on this matter. So I should probably upgrade. Fine and no problem. For windows I just grab the latest precompiled binnaries and install them. Then I see a report on a bug, which is or will be fixed in pacthed version. So I need to get binnaries from patched build and install them, right? How often do you people upgrade R on windows? For every patch? I know that it depends on the bug, but I would just like to hear what are your habits. The binaries on CRAN are updated by Duncan Murdoch frequently. Of course, you can get the sources at arbitrary time and compile yourself hourly, if you prefer. ;-) You have to distinguish official releases and patched versions. For official releases: Form the developer page: "The general schedule is to have major releases (x.y.0) biannually". During the last few years, each major release was followed by one minor (bug-fix) release after roughly one month. Uwe Ligges I suppose Debian packages of "base R" are updated accordingly to R patches, aren't they? Thanks in advance! -- Lep pozdrav / With regards, Gregor Gorjanc University of Ljubljana Biotechnical Faculty URI: http://www.bfro.uni-lj.si/MR/ggorjan Zootechnical Departmentemail: gregor.gorjanc bfro.uni-lj.si Groblje 3 tel: +386 (0)1 72 17 861 SI-1230 Domzalefax: +386 (0)1 72 17 888 Slovenia __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
RE: [R] upgrading R
This has been discussed with previous upgrades. One such discussion was "How to update installed packages to a new version of R?". http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp02/archive/8316.html There are a variety of methods to choose from. You may also learn about updating packages directly from the net which can take care of the issues of having to reinstall packages. _ Tom Mulholland Senior Policy Officer WA Country Health Service Tel: (08) 9222 4062 The contents of this e-mail transmission are confidential and may be protected by professional privilege. The contents are intended only for the named recipients of this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, reproduction, disclosure or distribution of the information contained in this e-mail is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 10 October 2003 12:16 AM To: Weiming Zhang Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [R] upgrading R I am not sure if this is a proper way, but here is what I did recently installing consecutive alpha and beta releases of 1.8.0 on a Win2000 machine: (1) I uninstalled previous version using the uninstall provided with R. This leaves all the additional packages in the library folder (2) I reinstalled the new version into the same folder structure. The problem might be that some 1.7.1 packages might be different from 1.8.0, so it might be safer to reinstall them from CRAN. Andy __ Andy Jaworski Engineering Systems Technology Center 3M Center, 518-1-01 St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 - E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (651) 733-6092 Fax: (651) 736-3122 |-+> | | "Weiming Zhang" | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | edu> | | | Sent by: | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | ath.ethz.ch | | || | || | | 10/09/2003 10:38 | | || |-+> >--- --| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: | | Subject: [R] upgrading R | >--- --| Hi, I have installed a lot of extra packages for R 1.7.1. If I install R 1.8.0, will I have to reinstall all those packages? Is there a way that I can upgrading R without losing old packages? Thank you. wz __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
Re: [R] upgrading R
I am not sure if this is a proper way, but here is what I did recently installing consecutive alpha and beta releases of 1.8.0 on a Win2000 machine: (1) I uninstalled previous version using the uninstall provided with R. This leaves all the additional packages in the library folder (2) I reinstalled the new version into the same folder structure. The problem might be that some 1.7.1 packages might be different from 1.8.0, so it might be safer to reinstall them from CRAN. Andy __ Andy Jaworski Engineering Systems Technology Center 3M Center, 518-1-01 St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 - E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (651) 733-6092 Fax: (651) 736-3122 |-+> | | "Weiming Zhang" | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | edu> | | | Sent by: | | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | | ath.ethz.ch | | || | || | | 10/09/2003 10:38 | | || |-+> >-| | | | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | cc: | | Subject: [R] upgrading R | >-| Hi, I have installed a lot of extra packages for R 1.7.1. If I install R 1.8.0, will I have to reinstall all those packages? Is there a way that I can upgrading R without losing old packages? Thank you. wz __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help __ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
