From lecoutre at stat.ucl.ac.be  Wed Nov 24 15:15:27 2004
From: lecoutre at stat.ucl.ac.be (Eric Lecoutre)
Date: Wed Nov 24 15:22:17 2004
Subject: [Rd] Suggestions for packages / help / index (long mail)
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At 15:06 24/11/2004, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>Eric Lecoutre <lecoutre <at> stat.ucl.ac.be> writes:
>
>: 6. Final point has already been discussed in the past. It is about misc
>: packages and pieces of code. I propose the creation of 5 packages:
>:       - miscGraphics (keywords: misc, Graphics)
>:       - miscStatistics (keywords: misc, Statistics)
>:       - miscMathematics (keywords: misc, Mathematics)
>:       - miscBasics (keywords: misc, Basics)
>:       - miscProgramming (keywords: misc, Programming)
>
>Rather than preset the categories perhaps evolving them would
>be better, just starting out with a single Misc package and then
>decomposing it into multiple packages as the categories become
>clear.


Those categories are taken from KEYWORDS (master entries). I guess it 
wouldn't be difficult to still have substancial entries for those packages, 
if some misc package maintainer would make the job to break their package 
into pieces. BTW, I have to admit this choice is not easy to make for 
several reasons, the main one beeing to keep the ability to modify one's 
own contributions.
For those packages, a collaborative plattform such as SourceForge and so 
on, with Sync-ability, could be a good choice.

Eric


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[Rd] Suggestions for packages / help / index (long mail)
Eric Lecoutre