By Tal Galili
R 3.2.2 (codename “Wooden Christmas Tree”) was released several days ago. You can get the latest binaries version from here. (or the .tar.gz source code from here). The full list of new features and bug fixes is provided below.
Major changes in R 3.2.3
As highlighted by David Smith, this release makes a few small improvements and bug fixes to R, including:
- Improved support for users of the Windows OS in time zones, OS version identification, FTP connections, and printing (in the GUI).
- Performance improvements and more support for long vectors in some functions including which.max
- Improved accuracy for the Chi-Square distribution functions in some extreme cases
Upgrading to R 3.2.3 on Windows
If you are using Windows you can easily upgrade to the latest version of R using the installr package. Simply run the following code in Rgui:
install.packages("installr") # install setInternet2(TRUE) installr::updateR() # updating R. |
Running “updateR()” will detect if there is a new R version available, and if so it will download+install it (etc.). There is also a step by step tutorial (with screenshots) on how to upgrade R on Windows, using the installr package.
I try to keep the installr package updated and useful, so if you have any suggestions or remarks on the package – you are invited to open an issue in the github page.
NEW FEATURES
- Some recently-added Windows time zone names have been added to the conversion table used to convert these to Olson names. (Including those relating to changes for Russia in Oct 2014, as in PR#16503.)
- (Windows) Compatibility information has been added to the manifests for ‘Rgui.exe‘, ‘Rterm.exe‘ and ‘Rscript.exe‘. This should allow
win.version()andSys.info()to report the actual Windows version up to Windows 10. - Windows
"wininet"FTP first tries EPSV / PASV mode rather than only using active mode (reported by Dan Tenenbaum). which.min(x)andwhich.max(x)may be much faster for …read moreSource:: r-bloggers.com
