The upcoming wrap-up release 3.1.3 is scheduled for March 9. The start of the next series, 3.2.0 is scheduled for April 16. Detailed schedules will be published on developer.r-project.org. Package maintainers, especially of recommended packages, are asked to time potential modifications so as to avoid collisions with the release process. For the Core Team Peter D. -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com