[Rd] Rgnome depends on obsolete components libglade/libxml (PR#8247)

[Marc Schwartz (via MN)]

On Mon, 2005-10-24 at 17:14 +0100, Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
> Peter Dalgaard wrote:
> > hin-tak.leung at cimr.cam.ac.uk writes:
> > 
> > 
> >>Full_Name: Hin-Tak Leung
> >>Version: R 2.2.0
> >>OS: x86 linux
> >>Submission from: (NULL) (131.111.126.242)
> >>
> >>
> >>Rgnome depends libglade 0.x and libxml 1.x .
> >>
> >>They are no longer shipped with Redhat EL4.
> >>(I know they are still in fedora core 4).
> >>
> >>Just a wish-list.
> > 
> > 
> > But what is the wish? 
> > 
> > You mean get it upgraded to xml2 and glade2? Patches would likely be
> > accepted... 
> > 
> 
> :-). libglade went from 0.17 to 1.99 then 2.x, but the current Rgnome 
> code depends on some of <0.17-specific stuff.
> 
> Already tried against libglade 2 - not trivial. It probably also 
> requires changing to gtk2 also...
> 
> Just like to have it in the distant TODO list, and not forgotten...
> 
> Hin-Tak Leung


According to the R Admin manual (2.2.0) on page 34:

"This interface is experimental and incomplete. The console offers a
basic command line editing and history mechanism, along with tool and
button bars that give a point-and-click console to some R commands. Many
of the features of the console are currently stubs, and the console is
**no longer under development**: it has been kept available as an
example of adding a front-end to R."


This language (my emphasis added) would suggest that a TODO list does
not (or should not) exist...so Peter's suggestion would seem spot on.

HTH,

Marc Schwartz