There are plenty of places to find current docs. I think it’s fine to have versioned ones also. I agree it would be a good idea to clearly signal “hey, this is an old version” - indeed I’ve been bitten by that in python before. I’m working on this now… will see what I can do.
Does anyone happen to know if it’s possible to create 00index files without installing the relevant package? (Loading R 0.60 is challenging…) D On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 at 13:02, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 30/06/2023 7:57 a.m., David Hugh-Jones wrote: > > Static web pages get indexed by google. > > Isn't that an argument against having static pages? If I do a Google > search for "R lm" I think it's better to find the current docs rather > than dozens of obsolete versions. It's rare that someone wants to see > changes across versions, so doing that should take extra work. > > Duncan Murdoch > > > > > David > > > > > > On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 at 09:55, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.dun...@gmail.com > > <mailto:murdoch.dun...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Why store them? Download the source on demand, and convert it. > Seems > > pretty simple. > > > > Duncan Murdoch > > > > On 30/06/2023 1:19 a.m., David Hugh-Jones wrote: > > > This is for the rcheology package. I run a Shiny web app which > > lets you > > > examine changes to functions across R versions: > > > > > > https://hughjonesd.shinyapps.io/rcheology/ > > <https://hughjonesd.shinyapps.io/rcheology/> > > > > > > Manually storing and converting the Rd might be possible, but it > > would be > > > burdensome in terms of data (and my time). And if the Rd spec has > > changed > > > across versions, that’s another problem. > > > > > > More generally, shouldn’t there be publicly available versioned > > > documentation? Python has had this for a long time. > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 30 Jun 2023 at 01:01, Jeff Newmiller > > <jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us <mailto:jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us>> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Sure. On your computer. Install the old version of R and let it > > serve the > > >> relevant docs. > > >> > > >> Dunno of anyone doing this historical dive online for you > > though. Why > > >> would you want preformatted docs if you didn't have those old > > versions > > >> installed? > > >> > > >> On June 29, 2023 4:23:55 PM PDT, David Hugh-Jones < > > >> davidhughjo...@gmail.com <mailto:davidhughjo...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > > >>> That’s useful to know. But is there anywhere with preformatted > > HTML pages? > > >>> > > >>> Cheers, D > > >>> > > >>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 21:46, Ivan Krylov > > <krylov.r...@gmail.com <mailto:krylov.r...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 20:22:47 +0100 > > >>>> David Hugh-Jones <davidhughjo...@gmail.com > > <mailto:davidhughjo...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> I'm looking for a source of online help for R base > > >>>>> packages, which covers all versions (for some reasonable > value of > > >>>>> "all"). So e.g. the equivalent of `?lm` for R 4.1.0. > > >>>> > > >>>> These live in the R source tree, under src/library: > > >>>> https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/library/ > > <https://svn.r-project.org/R/trunk/src/library/> > > >>>> > > >>>> For the actual releases of R, you may have to go looking at the > > >>>> branches inside that repository, e.g., the following command: > > >>>> > > >>>> svn log \ > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >> > > > https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-4-1-branch/src/library/stats/man/lm.Rd > < > https://svn.r-project.org/R/branches/R-4-1-branch/src/library/stats/man/lm.Rd > > > > >>>> > > >>>> ...should tell you the history of ?lm until the latest > > R-4.1-patched. > > >>>> > > >>>> Do the Git mirrors track these release branches? The branching > > model of > > >>>> Subversion [*] is different from the Git model, so perhaps not. > > >>>> > > >>>> -- > > >>>> Best regards, > > >>>> Ivan > > >>>> > > >>>> [*] > > https://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.using.html > > <https://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.branchmerge.using.html> > > >>>> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. > > >> > > >> ______________________________________________ > > >> R-package-devel@r-project.org > > <mailto:R-package-devel@r-project.org> mailing list > > >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel > > <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel> > > >> > > > > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
