4 messages · Neil Eastep, Sean Davis, Duncan Murdoch +1 more
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 ----------- 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Package bootstrap is orphaned, that is no longer maintained.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.
The cran package sources page contains a list of orphaned packages. Also, note that the full source listing contains a "priority" category that points out what packages are recommended. (For example, see the listing for the boot package--priority: recommended.). Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Eastep" <neileastep at hotmail.com> To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2004 6:17 PM Subject: [R] 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 ----------- 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Package bootstrap is orphaned, that is no longer maintained.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.
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Is there a listing, or directory of "recommended" packages (other than the packages downloaded with the initial R install)?
The recommended packages are included with (most) binary compilations of R. Duncan Murdoch
Are there many packages that are orphaned, and have a better "half" much like bootstrap?
Not many are orphaned -- currently precisely two although one previously orphaned has acquired a new maintainer recently. I suspect a few more have non-responsive maintainers.
Is there a listing, or directory of "recommended" packages (other than the packages downloaded with the initial R install)?
It is precisely the set that come with the R distribution. The CRAN packages page lists both the priority (possibly "recommended") and maintainer (possibly ORPHANED). The daily check page http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/checkSummary.html lists those as well as the result of the latest checks (although today's list seems missing results for the last few packages).
Thanks, Neil Eastep. An "R" newbie ----------- 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.
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