Sources for R-1.7.0 are now available through rsync to rsync.r-project.org. $ rsync rsync.r-project.org:: r-release R-1.7.0 sources (current released version - approx 30 MB) r-patched R sources (patched released version - approx 30 MB) r-devel R sources (development version) r-manuals Development sources for manuals for R r-recommended Sources for recommended R packages xlispstat xlispstat sources (development version) CVS tree (approx 12 MB) CRAN Complete CRAN ftp area Bioc-release Bioconductor sources (current release version) Bioc-devel Bioconductor sources (development version) GGobi GGobi sources (devel version) omega-cvs Omega Project for Statistical Computing CVS tree r-project-web Web pages for www.r-project.org and mirrors Omegahat Complete ftp archive for Omegahat