That's great. Thanks for rolling out the new
version, looks really great!
Best,
Shige
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Matt Owen <mowen(a)iq.harvard.edu> wrote:
> Hi Shige,
> That should mean everything is properly installed. The warnings at the bottom
indicate that in R version 2.14 methods is pre-packaged with your distribution.
>
> - Matt
>
>
> On Feb 8, 2012, at 8:07 AM, Shige Song wrote:
>
>> When I tried to install on my Debian box, I got the following error message:
>> "...
>> The folowing packages have been successfully installed:
>> Zelig
>> ZeligMisc
>> ZeligNetwork
>> ZeligMultivariate
>> ZeligMultinomial
>> ZeligMixed
>> ZeligBayesian
>> ZeligCommon
>> ZeligSurvey
>> ZeligOrdinal
>> ZeligGEE
>> ZeligGAM
>> ZeligLeastSquares
>>
>> Elapsed time: 7:55
>> Warning messages:
>> 1: In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
>> package ‘methods’ is not available (for R version 2.14.1)
>> 2: In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
>> package ‘methods’ is not available (for R version 2.14.1)"
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Best,
>> Shige
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:45 PM, Gary King <king(a)harvard.edu> wrote:
>>> The Zelig core team is thrilled to announce the alpha release of Zelig
>>> Version 4.
>>>
>>> Summary: This release includes a complete rewrite of almost every line of
>>> Zelig code. The changes are all infrastructural: If everything works as
>>> planned, users won’t notice any changes today. But this release makes
>>> maintaining and improving Zelig much easier and so users should see major
>>> improvements going forward.
>>>
>>> Shout Out: The Zelig community owes Matt Owen huge thanks for leading the
>>> development effort behind this new version; if a few percent of the several
>>> hundred thousand Zelig users were to fill Matt's mailbox with messages
that
>>> said no more than "thanks", we wouldn't object!
>>>
>>> Details: Designated as a "Developer Update", Zelig 4 offers a
wide-range of
>>> improvements to ease the process of adding new statistical models to the
>>> already extensive Zelig statistical software suite. This release is
>>> packaged with a brand-new API, which greatly reduces the complexity and
>>> length of Zelig's development functions - the zelig2, param and qi
methods.
>>> Zelig also now includes a package-creator (zelig.skeleton) that operates in
>>> the same vein as R's core function "package.skeleton".
>>>
>>> In addition to changes in the development toolkit, Zelig has now been split
>>> across 7 distinct packages. This change has been made to refine the scope of
>>> Zelig and its add-ons. In particular, this restructuring of Zelig into a
>>> full software suite allows developers to contribute, develop and repair
>>> add-on packages without tinkering with the Zelig API and core functionality.
>>> (On the theory that you shouldn’t have to pull out the spark plugs when
>>> you’re filling the tank!)
>>>
>>> While this release's prime focus has been improving the developer
toolkit
>>> and restructuring the software suite, Zelig 4 offers an end-user experience
>>> completely identical to previous versions. That is, zelig's basic
functions
>>> - zelig, setx and sim - remain unchanged in functionality for available
>>> statistical models.
>>>
>>> New Features
>>>
>>> A revised developer API. The primary developer methods - zelig2, param and
>>> sim - have been reimplemented to use a sleeker, simpler API. For
>>> information, please read the Zelig developer's manual found here:
>>>
http://zeligdev.github.com/files/booklet.pdf
>>>
>>> The core package has been restructured and minimized. In particular, Zelig
>>> core now contains only code essential to its operation, while all
>>> non-essential tasks have been made into specific R-packages. For a complete
>>> list of official Zelig packages, please refer to:
>>>
https://github.com/zeligdev
>>>
>>> Development tools for contributors have been added to the core package. In
>>> particular, the "zelig.skeleton" function is packaged within
Zelig-core in
>>> order to facilitate the rapid development of new Zelig packages.
>>>
>>> The Zelig software suite now includes 7 separate R-packages. This change
>>> offers a simple and easy method for ensuring that development and bug-fixing
>>> within any particular Zelig add-on will leave the remainder of the Zelig
>>> software suite unchanged.
>>>
>>> A hook API has been integrated into the core package, in order to reduce the
>>> necessity to directly alter the zelig, setx and sim methods.
>>>
>>> Roxygen-compliant documentation is now standard in all Zelig packages. This
>>> offers an easy way to manage Rd documentation, dependencies and exports from
>>> within the R code itself. That is, documentation is more tightly paired with
>>> the actual R code. For more information about Roxygen, please refer to:
>>>
http://roxygen.org/
>>>
>>> GitHub
>>>
>>> Zelig is now on GitHub! Fork an add-on package or contribute bug-finds
>>> today!
>>>
>>> For a full listing of official packages and their repositories, please see:
>>>
https://github.com/zeligdev
>>>
>>> Links
>>>
>>> The main Zelig site:
http://gking.harvard.edu/zelig or j.mp/Zelig
>>>
>>> The Zelig 4 development site:
>>> * Website:
http://zeligdev.github.com/
>>> * Package Repositories:
https://github.com/zeligdev/
>>> * Installation Guide:
http://zeligdev.github.com/files/zelig.pdf
>>> * Zelig Manual:
http://zeligdev.github.com/#install
>>> * Available and Missing Add-on Packages:
http://zeligdev.github.com/#models
>>>
>>> Questions
>>>
>>> For all questions on Zelig, please send all mail
>>> to: zelig(a)lists.gking.harvard.edu
>>>
>>> Gary
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>>> - Harvard University
>>>
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