How do you make a formal "feature" request?

Who decides what features are in R and how they are implemented? If
there is someone here who has that authority I have this request: 

The R Core Development Team decide on what goes into the base R source
code.

You have almost zero chance of getting such a thing in base R. I say
that for several reasons; i) You haven't provided any code to implement
report() or provided a good description of what you would like
implemented, ii) R Core like to keep the base source code a small as
possible to limit the maintenance burden on themselves, iii) R has the
package mechanism so you or anyone else can add whatever features you
want to R, have it hosted on CRAN and be available to any R user at the
click of a button, iv) your attitude stinks!

I could go on, but I feel I'm just feeding a troll at this point.

I look forward to seeing your report package implementing a report()
function on CRAN in the near future. There are several manuals written
which document how to write extensions to the R environment, numerous
books on programming in R and several example reporting systems that
we've mentioned to you. Check out the R website for these. Learn some R,
do some reading, examine those systems that do exist then roll your own
function and let us all benefit. I won't hold my breath of course.
Whiners are not often doers...

Good luck!

G

A report() function analogous to the plot() function that makes it
easy to generate a report from a table of data. This should not be in
some auxiliary package, but part of the core R just like plot(). As a
long time SAS user I cannot believe R does not have this. Please don't
give me any crap about Sweave, LaTex, and the "power" of R to roll
your own. You don't have to "roll your own" plot do you? Reports are
no different. If you don't agree do not bother me. If you agree then
please bring this request to the appropriate authorities for
consideration or tell me how to do it.

Thanks.
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