Package update announcements
Hi Martin,
Maybe we should appeal to each others' vanity ("Just think how many
hundreds---even thousands---of people will use your package once they
know about it....") Hmmm. Maybe that would have the opposite of the
intended effect.
Cheers,
Hank
On Jun 12, 2007, at 3:16 AM, Martin Maechler wrote:
"MHHS" == Martin Henry H Stevens <hstevens at muohio.edu>
on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:23:46 -0400 writes:
MHHS> Hi Folks, I was wondering what everyone thought about
MHHS> adding a sentence to each package update announcement
MHHS> that described what the package did. R extensions are
MHHS> so numerous that it is difficult to keep up with them.
MHHS> Would it be appropriate to ask package developers to
MHHS> add a brief sentence about what the package does, when
MHHS> they announce updates?
Thanks a lot, Hank!
I've been supporting your suggestion ever since I had created
'R-packages' ( = "R package announcements mailing list").
As moderator, I even occasionally rejected postings to
R-packages exactly by requiring such short information preceding
any notice of changes.
I think that >99% of the package authors would also agree, but
then we are all humans and hence sometimes get into peculiar
world views such as "there's my package, and there's R and then
rest of the universe" ;-)
Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
MHHS> I would benefit from such descriptions.
MHHS> Cheers, Hank
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