Message-ID: <CABdHhvGaTkowxazL3i-HfsrPuWP_8rq4TOR=bWPKj8-vzdB8PA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2013-08-28T14:44:49Z
From: Hadley Wickham
Subject: Minimum requirements for package submission
In-Reply-To: <521E0C19.8030306@gmail.com>
>> Related rant: I really wish we had "CHANGES" file, or a section in the
>> manuals. It is virtually impossible to look at a current "Writing R
>> Extensions" manual, and a previous one, in order to get a succinct view of
>> what changed. Having to diff the NEWS files, or glancing at commit logs
>> via
>> the RCS is a very poor proxy.
>
> I don't understand the difference between the CHANGES file you are asking
> for and the NEWS file. Do you want something in purely chronological order,
> rather than categorized as NEWS is?
I think Dirk was talking about a CHANGES/NEWS file for "Writing R extensions"
Hadley
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