[R] update to posting guide: use 'sessionInfo()' instead of 'version'
Tony Plate
tplate at acm.org
Thu Dec 29 18:38:47 CET 2005
Some changes have been made to the posting guide, based on suggestions
from various R-help contributors over the past year.
The most significant change is the recommendation to use 'sessionInfo()'
rather than 'version' when asking questions about unexpected behavior
or bugs. This change was made because 'sessionInfo()' reports the
version and a list of packages currently attached. As more and more
packages become available, it becomes more likely that unexpected
behavior is due to conflicts between packages, so this is relevant
information.
[Note that sessionInfo() currently does not report all the information
that 'version' does (it omits at least "Status" and "svn rev"). R-core
members are aware of this -- whether or not they change this is up to them.]
-- Tony Plate
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