[ESS] Version currently available in ELPA?

[Chris Evans]

Interestingly M-x ess-version gets me:
 "[No match]" (immediately after the "ess-version" in the minibuffer)
I'm using stock Emacs on Debian squeeze ("23.2+1.7+squeeze" according to Synaptic) and also the stock ESS (says "5.11-1")

Am I way behind the cutting edge with ESS then?  I suspect I am.  What is the easiest way for me to stay nearer the edge if not right on the github (or whatever) bleeding edge ... or is that a safe place to be?

TIA and thanks to all who make ESS so good and contribute so generously and politely here: wonderful list.

Chris

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vitalie Spinu" <spinuvit at gmail.com>
> To: "Ribonous" <ribonucleico at gmail.com>
> Cc: ess-help at r-project.org
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 February, 2013 12:33:48 AM
> Subject: Re: [ESS] Version currently available in ELPA?
> 
> >> Ribonous <ribonucleico at gmail.com>
>   >> on Mon, 4 Feb 2013 19:24:58 -0500 wrote:
> 
>   > I just installed ESS through M-x package-install in Emacs 24.2.1.
>   > This downloaded and compiled ESS to a folder
>   > ~/.emacs.d/elpa/ess-20130119.1705/
> 
>   > How do I know which version is it? (can 20130119.1705 be
>   > interpreted
>   > as 2013-01-19 17:05?)
> 
> Yes, this is a date-time stamp. It is from MELPA, not ELPA, and it is
> a
> snapshot of the ESS git development repository. So it is pretty much
> the
> most recent version of ESS that you can have.
> 
>   > According to the website, the official stable version should be
>   > 12.09-2
>   > (2013-01-12). Which version have I installed?
> 
> M-x ess-version should tell you the release version.
> 
>     Vitalie
> 
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