[RsR] Package title
Martin Maechler wrote:
"Wst" == Werner Stahel <stahel at stat.math.ethz.ch> on Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:25:41 +0100 writes:
Wst> Hello Names are always nice to discuss. Let me add a
Wst> simple proposal for the name of the package: robust
Wst> Since this should be the well maintained collection of
Wst> robust methods, I would go for the "generic" name.
(and Alfio Marazzi agreed with you).
There is one very good reason against 'robust':
Insightful's library(robust) for S-plus.
Our package will certainly not be a clone, and probably quite
different in more than respect. If we chose the same name,
that would lead to a *lot* of potential user confusion for those
who use both R and S-plus.
I'm sorry but I think that "robust" is really already taken in
the world of S ...
How about "robust-base"? I rather prefer longer abbreviations than shorter if confusion can be avoided. The advantage is that we can then also have packages "robust-mva", "robust-glm" etc., and it is easy to find all "robust" packages since they are in alphabetical order. Peter
Martin
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