MCMCpack Subversion Archive

The subversion archive that houses MCMCpack has been reorganized in the following fashion. Please make sure all development takes place within the guidelines below.

```
archive/
```
-- the archive that contains all CRAN released versions of MCMCpack, and other miscellaneous materials (such as the NSF proposal and updates, the content of the pre-wiki website, manuscript drafts, etc.).
```
data/
```
-- a directory that contains files to build all datasets distributed in MCMCpack from their source files.
```
devel/
```
-- the development version of MCMCpack. We no longer have a stable branch. Please do development in your tmp/ directory and merge into devel when
```
R CMD CHECK
```
passes cleanly. Make sure to add all changes to the
```
HISTORY
```
file.
```
nsf
```
-- various files from NSF proposals.
```
organization/
```
-- miscellaneous files pertaining to the organization of the project.
```
spec/
```
-- the MCMCpack specification.
```
talks/
```
-- various talks we have given about MCMCpack.
```
test/
```
-- various programs that test MCMCpack functions. This should be developed into a formal test suite, which all MCMCpack stable versions should be able to pass.
```
testMCMCpack/
```
-- test package written by Jong Hee Park and Steve Haptonstahl.
```
tmp/
```
-- temporary working directories for developers to store code on which they are working. Please keep your code in the subdirectory with the appropriate name. Sporadically clean up tmp/ as needed.
```
vignette/
```
-- vignettes for MCMCpack model functions. All data, the Sweave source, etc., should be stored here, and then merged into the MCMCpack release version.

Merging Changes

To merge changes from stable/ to devel/, this procedure seems to work:

```
svn commit
```
all changes to
```
stable/
```
and write down the revision # of the new checkin. Call this revision # n.
change to the local
```
mcmcpack/devel/
```
directory and use the following command to see if the merge will work:

$ svn merge --dry-run -r (n-1):n http://svn.wustl.edu/mcmcpack/stable/

if this will work, then issue the command without the dry-run option:

$ svn merge -r (n-1):n http://svn.wustl.edu/mcmcpack/stable/

```
svn commit
```
the changes to
```
devel/
```
that were made by the above merge.

Current Status

CRAN Version: 0.9-3
Devel Version: 0.9-4
Version 0.9-3 was released on October 16, 2007.
Email Andrew D. Martin (admartin@wustl.edu) with any questions about the subversion archive.