What's in 1.5.0 (was Re: [R] mathematical expression in legend)

[Martin Maechler]

>>>>> "ggr" == ggrothendieck  <ggrothendieck at yifan.net> writes:

    ggr> I was able to find a NEWS file at
    ggr>    ftp://ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch/Software/R/pub/alpha/NEWS

this is just an (old compatibility) alias  for
	    ftp://ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch/R/NEWS
which is identical to
	    http://cran.R-project.org/src/base/NEWS

	    (and so for all CRAN mirrors),
and hence the NEWS file of the latest released version.

    ggr> however, it only contains updates up to 1.4.1.  Is
    ggr> there one that includes updates to 1.5.0 or was the one
    ggr> I found the one you were referring to?

As was told here before (and at http://stat.ethz.ch/CRAN/sources.html )
it's in the daily snapshot, i.e. part of the full source tree,
o  either *in* the daily snapshot which means inside the
   R-devel.tar* file you get from  ftp://ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch/Software/R/
o  or you use rsync which also gives you the whole source tree
   of R-devel  with NEWS at the top.

    ggr> I was also able to locate a beautified cvs log at:

    ggr> http://developer.r-project.org/R.cvslog.pretty

    ggr> Perhaps that was what you were referring to?

definitely not.

    ggr> If there is a 1.5.0 NEWS file could you provide the
    ggr> precise URL?

I have just now added links to the (three) unreleased NEWS files at 

       http://stat.ethz.ch/R-alpha/

or for R-devel directly at
   
       http://stat.ethz.ch/R-alpha/R-devel/NEWS

I hope this helps.  
However BEWARE: `Unrelased' means that these NEWS files will not
		only be updated before release, but there is no
		strict warranty that a release really will
		contain the features mentioned.

    ggr> On 13 Mar 2002 at 15:19, Prof Brian D Ripley wrote:

    >> On Wed, 13 Mar 2002, Arne Mueller wrote:
    >> 
    >> > the 'adj' fixes the problem for me. Thanks a lot. from
    >> 1.4.1. directly to > 1.5.0 is a large step in the release
    >> number. Are there fundamental > changes/enhancements? Is
    >> there a list of new features etc.  on the web?
    >> 
    >> Look on developer.r-project.org to see the significance,
    >> but as the .1 is the patchlevel, it will be an *minor*
    >> version increment.
    >> 
    >> 1.5.0 is not finished yet (it does not go into feature
    >> freeze until April 8).  The current list of new features
    >> is in the NEWS file in the R-devel snapshots available
    >> via CRAN.
    >> 
    >> -- 
    >> Brian D. Ripley, ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk Professor of
    >> Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/
    >> University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South
    >> Parks Road, +44 1865 272860 (secr) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK
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