The upcoming wrap-up release 3.0.3 is scheduled for March 6. The start of the next series, 3.1.0 is scheduled for April 10. Detailed schedules will be published on developer.r-project.org. Package maintainers, especially of recommended packages, are asked to time potential modifications 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