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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:16:39 -0400
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Subject: Re: Maintainer of R Cygwin package?
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On 10/16/2012 3:48 PM, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
> I'm one of the R developers.  I've just noticed that the Cygwin setup offers
> to install R.  In the past, our experience was that Cygwin builds didn't
> pass the tests, so they weren't reliable.
>
> Can someone put me in touch with the Cygwin maintainer of this package, so I
> can find out if these problems have been fixed?

The Cygwin announce list is a pretty good way to figure this out:

<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-announce/2012-06/msg00015.html>


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