Re: [Rd] HELPWANTED keyword in bugs.r-project.org

[Toby Hocking]

Hi Luke,
I just wanted to say thanks for taking the time to add this tag. That is
very helpful to know which bugs are worth working on and need help. Keep up
the good work!
Toby

On Wed, Aug 5, 2020 at 7:23 AM  wrote:

> Just a quick note to mention that we have added a HELPWANTED keyword
> on bugs.r-project.org for tagging bugs and issues where a good
> well-tested patch would be particularly appreciated.  You can find the
> HELPWANTED issues by selecting the keyword in the search interface or at
>
> https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?keywords=HELPWANTED
>
> This URL shows both open and resolved HELPWANTED issues.
>
> At the moment only a handful of issues have been tagged, but there
> will be more over time. One of these may be a good place to start if
> you are looking for ways to contribute. The techincal level varies;
> some might be resolved with a small amount of R code; others might
> need more extensive changes at the C level.
>
> Best,
>
> luke
>
>
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Re: [Rd] Typos in file.path documentation.

[Kurt Hornik]

> Rui Barradas writes:

Thanks: both fixed now in the trunk with c79004.

Best
-k

> Hello,
> R 4.0.2 on Ubuntu 20.04, sessionInfo() below.

> I believe there are two typos in ?file.path, section Value, 2nd paragraph.

> 1. There is a close parenthesis missing  after Encoding, as it is 
> reading is a bit confusing, I had to backtrack and repeat.
> 2. I'm not a native language speaker but before a consonant it's 'a', 
> not 'an', right?

> an component

> should be

> a component


> Current:

> An element of the result will be marked (see Encoding as UTF-8 if run in 
> a UTF-8 locale (when marked inputs are converted to UTF-8) or if an 
> component of the result is marked as UTF-8, or as Latin-1 in a 
> non-Latin-1 locale.

> Should be:

> An element of the result will be marked (see Encoding) as UTF-8 if run 
> in a UTF-8 locale (when marked inputs are converted to UTF-8) or if a 
> component of the result is marked as UTF-8, or as Latin-1 in a 
> non-Latin-1 locale.


> sessionInfo()
> R version 4.0.2 (2020-06-22)
> Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
> Running under: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS

> Matrix products: default
> BLAS:   /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/blas/libblas.so.3.9.0
> LAPACK: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lapack/liblapack.so.3.9.0

> locale:
>   [1] LC_CTYPE=pt_PT.UTF-8   LC_NUMERIC=C
>   [3] LC_TIME=pt_PT.UTF-8LC_COLLATE=pt_PT.UTF-8
>   [5] LC_MONETARY=pt_PT.UTF-8LC_MESSAGES=pt_PT.UTF-8
>   [7] LC_PAPER=pt_PT.UTF-8   LC_NAME=C
>   [9] LC_ADDRESS=C   LC_TELEPHONE=C
> [11] LC_MEASUREMENT=pt_PT.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=C

> attached base packages:
> [1] stats graphics  grDevices utils datasets  methods   base

> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] compiler_4.0.2


> Hope this helps,

> Rui Barradas

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