[R] Release schedule (was (no subject) )

[peter dalgaard]

> On 05 Aug 2015, at 20:32 , Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 05/08/2015 2:15 PM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
>> So 3.1.3 to 3.2.0 was a major release?
> 
> Yes.  We do have the oddity (see ?version) that 3 is the major version
> number and 2.0 is the minor version number including 0 as the
> patchlevel, but we still call it a major release when the number in the
> middle changes (e.g. 1 changed to 2 in the 3.2.0 release).  It's a patch
> release when only the patchlevel changes.
> 

Actually the wording on the developer site rather carefully avoids calling minor releases major... 

The dynamics of actual major releases, i.e. x.0.0, are less predictable than the x.y.0 ones; up till now there has been one in each of 2000, 2004, 2013. They usually signify some degree of accomplishment and possibly discontinuity in the API.

-pd 

> Duncan Murdoch
> 
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>> On August 5, 2015 1:19:42 PM EDT, Martin Morgan <mtmorgan at fredhutch.org> wrote:
>>> On 08/05/2015 10:08 AM, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
>>>> New versions are released when they are ready. This is
>>> volunteer-driven software.
>>> 
>>> From https://developer.r-project.org/ :
>>> 
>>> The overall release schedule is to have annual x.y.0 releases in
>>> Spring, with 
>>> patch releases happening on an as-needed basis. It is intended to have
>>> a final 
>>> patch release of the previous version shortly before the next major
>>> release.
>>> 
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>>>> On August 5, 2015 5:55:21 AM EDT, "Djossè Parfait"
>>> <djosseparfait at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Good morning,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I would like to know how often per year is a new full version
>>> release
>>>>> of R.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Djossè Parfait BODJRENOU
>>>>> Chef de la Division Centralisation et Analyse des Données
>>>>> Statistiques /DPP/MESFTPRIJ
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