Is there a complete list somewhere of the possible values for R's status, as returned by version$status? I know about these values: Stable: "" Devel: "Under development (unstable)" Patched: "Patched" Release candidate: "RC" Alpha: "Alpha" Are there any others that I've missed?
On 23/03/2015 9:17 AM, Richard Cotton wrote:> Is there a complete list somewhere of the possible values for R's > status, as returned by version$status? > > I know about these values: > Stable: "" > Devel: "Under development (unstable)" > Patched: "Patched" > Release candidate: "RC" > Alpha: "Alpha"I don't think we use "Alpha", I think it's lowercase. There is also "beta". You can see the list at http://developer.r-project.org/release-checklist.html, in the lines that describe the version being set. Duncan Murdoch
In the R installation and administration manual[*] I see at least mentioned The alpha, beta and RC versions of an upcoming x.y.0 release are available [...] so 'beta' seems to be an option unless it is only used informally there. Mark [*] http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-admin.html#Using-Subversion-and-rsync On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Richard Cotton <richierocks at gmail.com> wrote:> Is there a complete list somewhere of the possible values for R's > status, as returned by version$status? > > I know about these values: > Stable: "" > Devel: "Under development (unstable)" > Patched: "Patched" > Release candidate: "RC" > Alpha: "Alpha" > > Are there any others that I've missed? > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Thanks for this. You are right that it's a lowercase "a"; the documentation on the R.Version help page is incorrect. That describes status as 'the status of the version (e.g., "Alpha")'. On 23 March 2015 at 16:36, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:> On 23/03/2015 9:17 AM, Richard Cotton wrote: >> >> Is there a complete list somewhere of the possible values for R's >> status, as returned by version$status? >> >> I know about these values: >> Stable: "" >> Devel: "Under development (unstable)" >> Patched: "Patched" >> Release candidate: "RC" >> Alpha: "Alpha" > > > I don't think we use "Alpha", I think it's lowercase. There is also "beta". > You can see the list at > http://developer.r-project.org/release-checklist.html, in the lines that > describe the version being set. > > Duncan Murdoch-- Regards, Richie Learning R 4dpiecharts.com
On 23 Mar 2015, at 14:36 , Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:> On 23/03/2015 9:17 AM, Richard Cotton wrote: >> Is there a complete list somewhere of the possible values for R's >> status, as returned by version$status? >> >> I know about these values: >> Stable: "" >> Devel: "Under development (unstable)" >> Patched: "Patched" >> Release candidate: "RC" >> Alpha: "Alpha" > > I don't think we use "Alpha", I think it's lowercase. There is also "beta". You can see the list at http://developer.r-project.org/release-checklist.html, in the lines that describe the version being set.Yep. The transition cycle on the SVN release branch goes alpha -> beta -> RC -> "" -> Patched and the SVN trunk is permanently "Under development (unstable)" Notice that the empty string is used for _official releases_. I wouldn't know in what sense "Stable" would apply to those, but they are typically the ones that 3rd party developers like Linux distributions would pick up and ship. -- Peter Dalgaard, Professor, Center for Statistics, Copenhagen Business School Solbjerg Plads 3, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Phone: (+45)38153501 Office: A 4.23 Email: pd.mes at cbs.dk Priv: PDalgd at gmail.com