What is the current version of R?
The current released version is 2.8.1. Based on this `major.minor.patchlevel’ numbering scheme, there are two development versions of R, a patched version of the current release (`r-patched’) and one working towards the next minor or eventually major (`r-devel’) releases of R, respectively. Version r-patched is for bug fixes mostly. New features are typically introduced in r-devel.
The current released version is 2.0.1. Based on this `major.minor.patchlevel’ numbering scheme, there are two development versions of R, a patched version of the current release (`r-patched’) and one working towards the next minor or eventually major (`r-devel’) releases of R, respectively. Version r-patched is for bug fixes mostly. New features are typically introduced in r-devel.