From maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch  Thu Oct  5 16:42:16 2006
From: maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch (Martin Maechler)
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 16:42:16 +0200
Subject: [Rd] Last R-devel snapshot is an empty tarball
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Message-ID: <17701.6600.716126.750697@stat.math.ethz.ch>

>>>>> "PD" == Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk>
>>>>>     on 05 Oct 2006 15:59:44 +0200 writes:

    PD> Seth Falcon <sfalcon at fhcrc.org> writes:
    >> Peter Dalgaard <p.dalgaard at biostat.ku.dk> writes:
    >> > Herve Pages <hpages at fhcrc.org> writes:
    >> >
    >> >> Dear list,
    >> >> 
    >> >> The last R-devel snapshot (2006-10-03) is an empty tarball:
    >> >>   ftp://ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch/Software/R/
    >> >
    >> > We know... "make dist" was broken for a while. The unstable
    >> > development version will occasionally develop instabilities...
    >> 
    >> Might this be a good forum to announce such problems when they become
    >> known?  

    PD> Yes, in principle. We tend to want to fix them rather than announce
    PD> them, though.

I had sent Herve a private message with similar content.
You could also just send them to the core team, or,
if you know who is responsible, as in the present case, I am,
send it to me directly.   The smaller the forum, the better for
things that *are* important. 

Martin

    PD>  (It wasn't realized that there was a problem until
    PD> yesterday when Kurt was adjusting his package check procedures after
    PD> Tuesday's release.)




[Rd] Last R-devel snapshot is an empty tarball
Martin Maechler