R 2.9.2 scheduled for August 24

Following the usual six-monthly release cycle, the next update to R is scheduled to be released on August 24 in source form, with binary releases to follow soon thereafter. The new version number will be 2.9.2. As a point-release this means most of the changes will be bug fixes and minor feature updates. According to the current version of the NEWS file, the most significant changes will be: Improved flexibility for interpolation rules in approx and approxfun More efficient PDF graphics generation when using the Symbol font P-value significance stars now given in ANOVA tables for Poisson and Binomial GLMs…

Improved flexibility for interpolation rules in approx and approxfun
More efficient PDF graphics generation when using the Symbol font
P-value significance stars now given in ANOVA tables for Poisson and Binomial GLMs
Several bug fixes to eliminate memory corruption and crashes in unusual cases

If you want to beta-test R 2.9.2 before release, you will be able to download binary builds starting on Monday.

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