Just a quick indication for package maintainers and others who want to know about releases some time in advance: We plan to release the next patch release of R on Friday Oct 31. Intended nickname "Pumpkin Helmet". Further details about release schedule etc. will follow. For the R 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