[R] R 1.8 for debian

[Philippe Glaziou]

Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:
> Yes, but you're coming close to confusing two things here. R
> upstream has a debian/ dir, yes, but it has a time lag that
> occurs because Doug and I only synchronise every few months
> between my Debian sources and what is in CVS.  For example, a
> fix I just put into 1.8.0-2 (concerning the Atlas/Blas
> interaction) may not get into CVS until 1.8.1.


Thanks a lot for pointing this out. 

-- 
Philippe