[Rd] Status of R 2.4.0 in svn repository and R-Admin manual

[Gavin Simpson]

Dear list,

I have been using and testing the alpha/betas of R 2.4.0, sources for
which I got from svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-2-4-branch, and which I
compiled on my Fedora Core 5 machine. No problems there. I have just
updated the source tree today and re-compiled - which also works just
fine. When run, this gives:

R version 2.4.0 Patched (2006-10-03 r39576)

So I assume from that, that I am using the latest version of the R 2.4
branch?

This is a little at odds with the R-Admin manual, which in section 1.2.1
states that you get R-patched from
https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-x-y-patches/ . But there is no
R-2-4-patches/ on svn.r-project.org/R/branches/. Is the documentation in
this manual incorrect for R >= 2.4.0, and will
svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-2-4-branch continue to be R 2.4.0
patched? Or will a R-x-y-branches branch be created for this release?

Thanks in advance,

G

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