From pinard at iro.umontreal.ca  Mon Jan 14 16:45:13 2008
From: pinard at iro.umontreal.ca (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois?= Pinard)
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:45:13 -0500
Subject: [Rd] Possible bug in R 2.6.1 (PR#10565)
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[Brian Ripley]

>I do often wonder why people are 'sure you know for certain' (to quote the 
>FAQ) that something as elementary as this would be a bug for so many 
>years.  It indicates a lack of respect for the R developers.

Not at all.  A bug report may be naive, or even wrong, and still be 
driven by good will, and be rightly interpreted as an attempt at 
a contribution to both the R community and R developers.

The lack of respect only exists in the head of susceptible developers.
Some of them are nevertheless admirable for their expertise, commitment 
and contributions.  The truth is that, deep down, _nobody_ is perfect.  
Tolerance and kindness usually are more fruitful attitudes, not only on 
the R lists, but everywhere.

-- 
Fran?ois Pinard   http://pinard.progiciels-bpi.ca



[Rd] Possible bug in R 2.6.1 (PR#10565)
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