At 12:18 30/04/01 -0400, "Timothy H. Keitt" <Timothy.Keitt@StonyBrook.Edu>
wrote:
Great! I think we should encourage people to upload complete, but not yet
fully
tested packages to the "devel" section of CRAN. It gets really hard to
keep track
of source that is scattered all over the 'net.
Cheers,
Tim
John Fox wrote:
I've prepared preliminary versions of two packages that I plan eventually
to contribute to CRAN:
I fear Tim's idea could lead to mayhem with a multitude of
'built-for-a-job, I-can-use-it' contributions sitting on the devel
section. Devel is being used as a beta test repository by people who
seem to eventually produce full packages.
Perhaps a 'midden' might fill Tim's requirements, there is something
similar for Delphi where people contribute code. Every bit of code
would need to be identified logically and with the author's name and
with appropriate copyright declarations (in Delphi many producers of
snippets seem very proud and possessive of their frequently uninspired
code ... the really good stuff comes unrestricted GNU style). My gut
feeling is that unless contributors were VERY disciplined this could
be a problem ... and if the lump is worthwhile it will lead to a
package in the hands of a disciplined author.
Maybe people with 'bits' could get together and produce an e1071 type
package?,