Rating R Helpers

Package review is a nice idea. But you raise a worrying point.
Are any of the 'downright dangerous' packages on CRAN?
If so, er... why?

<Bill.Venables at csiro.au> 12/01/07 7:21 AM >>>

I think the need for this is rather urgent, in fact.  Most packages are
very good, but I regret to say some are pretty inefficient and others
downright dangerous.

Presumably because the primary requirement for packages being
accepted on CRAN is that they pass "R CMD check".  This is a fine
minimum standard -- it means that packages will definitely install --
but there's nothing to stop anyone posting a package full of
statistical nonsense to CRAN, as far as I know.   I'm _not_ suggesting
that R-core should take up this challenge, but this is where ratings
come in.

  Ben Bolker

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