Message-ID: <14163486.post@talk.nabble.com>
Date: 2007-12-05T01:32:45Z
From: Ben Bolker
Subject: Rating R Helpers
In-Reply-To: <s7533dcf.025@tedmail.lgc.co.uk>
S Ellison wrote:
>
> 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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