From ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk  Thu Nov  5 12:44:10 2009
From: ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk (Prof Brian Ripley)
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:44:10 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: [Rd] MailingList: in DESCRIPTION
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009, Romain Francois wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Would it make sense to add a MailingList field in the DESCRIPTION file so 
> that we can indicate where the package can be discussed.

You can add whatever fields you like, and many authors do.

> More and more packages have dedicated mailing lists (mostly thanks to 
> r[-]?forge ).

But those have a URL on R-forge, and surely giving that is more useful 
(and URL: is a documented field).

> Romain Francois

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[Rd] MailingList: in DESCRIPTION
Prof Brian Ripley