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<p>The R core group announced today the release of R 3.3.3 (code-name: &quot;Another Canoe&quot;). As the wrap-up release of the R 3.3 series, this update mainly contains minor bug-fixes. (<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.revolutionanalytics.com/2017/02/preview-r-340.html">Bigger changes</a> are planned for R 3.4.0, <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://developer.r-project.org/">expected</a> in mid-April.) Binaries for the Windows version are already up on the CRAN master site, and binaries for all platforms will appear on your <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://cran.r-project.org/mirrors.html">local CRAN mirror</a> within the next couple of days. </p>
<p>R 3.3.3 fixes an issue related to attempting to use <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/utils/versions/3.3.2/topics/download.file">download.file</a> on sites that automatically redirect from http to https: now, R will re-attempt to download the secure link rather than failing. Other fixes include support for long vectors in the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/base/versions/3.3.2/topics/lapply">vapply</a> function, the ability to use <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/base/versions/3.3.2/topics/Extremes">pmax</a> (and pmin) on ordered factors, improved accuracy for qbeta for some extreme cases, corrected spelling for &quot;Cincinnati&quot; in the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/datasets/versions/3.3.2/topics/precip">precip</a> data set, and a few other minor issues.</p>
<p>R 3.3.3 should be completely compatible with your existing R 3.3.x scripts and data sets. Unless some major unforeseen bug rears its head between now and the release of R 3.4.0, this is the final release of the R 3.3 series, so it's definitely a good idea to upgrade when you can.</p>
<p>As always, thanks go to the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-project.org/contributors.html">R Core Group</a> for the continued and welcome improvements to R!</p>
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