Ben raised an interesting point: A better question might be how
packages get added to the *recommended*
package list (rather than how code gets added to base R).
As maintainer of survival one of the surprising things is the number
of packages that depend on mine. This has caused me to change
John, thanks for starting (or restarting) this thread. I'd like to
add to the discussion with another concrete example, about as simple
as it gets, which may help focus at least part of this discussion.
I have worked with Taylor Arnold to implement a method developed in
Conover (1972) for
No, this is not about Rcpp, but a comment in that overly long discussion raised
a question
that has been in my mind for a while.
This is that one may have work that is used in R in the base functionality and
there are
improvements that should be incorporated.
For me, this concerns the BFGS,
On 03/12/2010 10:57 AM, Prof. John C Nash wrote:
No, this is not about Rcpp, but a comment in that overly long discussion raised
a question
that has been in my mind for a while.
This is that one may have work that is used in R in the base functionality and
there are
improvements that should
Subject: Re: [Rd] Competing with one's own work
On 03/12/2010 10:57 AM, Prof. John C Nash wrote:
No, this is not about Rcpp, but a comment in that overly long discussion
raised a question
that has been in my mind for a while.
This is that one may have work that is used in R in the base functionality
-project.org
Subject: Re: [Rd] Competing with one's own work
On 03/12/2010 10:57 AM, Prof. John C Nash wrote:
No, this is not about Rcpp, but a comment in that overly long discussion
raised a question
that has been in my mind for a while.
This is that one may have work that is used in R
] On Behalf Of Douglas
Bates
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 1:28 PM
To: Ravi Varadhan
Cc: Duncan Murdoch; nas...@uottawa.ca; r-devel@r-project.org
Subject: Re: [Rd] Competing with one's own work
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Ravi Varadhan rvarad...@jhmi.edu wrote:
Dear Duncan,
What constitutes
] Competing with one's own work
On 03/12/2010 10:57 AM, Prof. John C Nash wrote:
No, this is not about Rcpp, but a comment in that overly long discussion
raised a question
that has been in my mind for a while.
This is that one may have work that is used in R in the base functionality
-devel@r-project.org
Subject: Re: [Rd] Competing with one's own work
On 03/12/2010 10:57 AM, Prof. John C Nash wrote:
No, this is not about Rcpp, but a comment in that overly long
discussion
raised a question
that has been in my mind for a while.
This is that one may have work
: December 3, 2010 1:28 PM
To: Ravi Varadhan
Cc: r-devel@r-project.org; nas...@uottawa.ca
Subject: Re: [Rd] Competing with one's own work
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Ravi Varadhan rvarad...@jhmi.edu
wrote:
Dear Duncan,
What constitutes a convincing argument for making significant changes
Ravi Varadhan rvaradhan at jhmi.edu writes:
The decision about whether it belongs in a package or in base R is
about who should maintain the code.
Ok. I understand it now.
Thanks,
Ravi.
A point that may not have been made (sorry if it was and I missed it):
A better question
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