orphaned packages

Are there many packages that are orphaned, and have a better "half" much 
like bootstrap?

Is there a listing, or directory of "recommended" packages (other than the 
packages downloaded with the initial R install)?

Thanks,

Neil Eastep.
An "R" newbie

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Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> writes:

Package bootstrap is orphaned, that is no longer maintained.
Package boot is much more comprehensive, and a recommended

package.

That suggests to me that you always use boot: I do.