MailingList: in DESCRIPTION

Brian Ripley · 2009-11-05T11:44:10Z

On Thu, 5 Nov 2009, Romain Francois wrote: > Hi, > > Would it make sense to add a MailingList field in the DESCRIPTION file so > that we can indicate where the package can be discussed. You can add whatever fields you like, and many authors do. > More and more packages have dedicated mailing lists (mostly thanks to > r[-]?forge ). But those have a URL on R-forge, and surely giving that is more useful (and URL: is a documented field). > Romain Francois -- Brian D. Ripley,

Brian Ripley

Thu, Nov 5, 2009 3:44 AM

On Thu, 5 Nov 2009, Romain Francois wrote:

You can add whatever fields you like, and many authors do.

But those have a URL on R-forge, and surely giving that is more useful 
(and URL: is a documented field).

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