From p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk  Wed Dec  5 22:38:26 2001
From: p.dalgaard@biostat.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard BSA)
Date: 05 Dec 2001 23:38:26 +0100
Subject: [Rd] Windows testing
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Duncan Murdoch <murdoch@stats.uwo.ca> writes:

> >Of course, we could eventually decide to make the demos more smooth as
> >you suggested. Don't forget to unset any previous setting of par(ask=)
> >or you will get asked twice per plot....
> 
> Is this really a new feature request? I think of it as a bug report:
> the demo doesn't demonstrate clearly, so should be fixed.  (My
> suggestion about the addition of pauses to examples would definitely
> be a new feature.)

Yes, rewriting a demo would be a feature change at this stage. It's
not the best example in the world, but 

a) Seemingly innocent changes can break on some platforms

b) The demos get run as part of the checking procedure, which should
   not be jeopardized.

c) It is hardly high priority. It has worked like this through 20
   versions or so. We could need to focus our attention elsewhere if
   a bad bug turns up (e.g. that rbinom fault probably cost me 5 hours
   and a bad headache over the weekend.)  

As I said: not the best example, but did you actually consider b) and
what would happen when the code was run non-interactively?

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[Rd] Windows testing
Peter Dalgaard BSA