From spencer.graves at pdf.com  Mon Jun 19 18:29:11 2006
From: spencer.graves at pdf.com (Spencer Graves)
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:29:11 -0700
Subject: [Rd] R Wiki: how useful for developers?
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	  I also want to express my appreciation to the R Wiki developers.  I 
used it 6/18/2006 12:46 PM in answering a post to s-news (citing 
something I learned from Venables and Ripley).

	  Best Wishes,
	  Spencer Graves	

Philippe Grosjean wrote:
> Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
>> Thank you very much for this Philippe and everyone else who contibuted
>> to the R Wiki.  Great initiative and work.
>>
>> I'm interested in the 'R packages section' for adding extra help on my
>> packages.  What kind of backup is there for the wiki?
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Henrik
> 
> For the moment, there is a weekly backup of the whole data section done 
> on another machine. I plan to make a daily backup on the same machine, 
> keep all daily backups for 30 days, and then, keep only weekly backups 
> for older data.
> 
> There is also a plan to install another dedicated server equiped with a 
> tape backup.
> 
> Otherwise, **all** versions of your documents are saved and you can 
> revert easily to any of those (in case of vandalism); see the 'Old 
> revisions' button.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Philippe Grosjean
> 
>> On 6/18/06, Philippe Grosjean <phgrosjean at sciviews.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all R developers,
>>>
>>> I just send the official annoucement of the R Wiki at
>>> http://wiki.r-project.org (was also officially annouced at useR!2006). I
>>> would like to insist here on the aspects of the Wiki that could be of
>>> particular interest for you, as R developer:
>>>
>>> 1) The 'R documentation' section is dedicated to hold the latest
>>> "wikified" version of all Rd files (base, recommended, as well as all
>>> packages on CRAN and Bioconductor). Users can append exemple, discuss
>>> points that are unclear for them, etc. at the end of these Wiki pages.
>>> So, looking from time to time to these page is a good way to get
>>> feedback from the users to improve your Rd files. (note that, currently
>>> only base packages are on the Wiki; Also, several bugs in the Rd -> Wiki
>>> conversion still need to be fixed, but that will be done as soon as
>>> possible and all other Rd files will be published then).
>>>
>>> 2) The 'R packages' section of the Wiki is an ideal place to allow
>>> developers *and* users of R packages to add useful material like further
>>> examples, tutorials, tips, etc. related to your packages. Although this
>>> section is still in development, here is how you can create a page for
>>> your own package and advertise it:
>>>
>>> - After login to the R Wiki site, type this in the search box (top right
>>> of any R Wiki page):
>>>
>>> packages:[cran|bioconductor|others]:[pckgname]
>>>
>>> with: [cran|bioconductor|others] depending on where you package is
>>> located, and [pckgname] being the name of your package (note that the R
>>> Wiki uses only lowercase letters for page names, so that your package
>>> name will be automatically tranformed into lowercase in the URL of your
>>> page)
>>>
>>> - An error message indicate that the page does not exist yet. Click on
>>> 'Create this page' at the top left.
>>>
>>> - Start editing your page and click 'Save'.
>>>
>>> - Copy and paste the URL of your page in the URL section of your
>>> description file.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Philippe Grosjean
>>> --
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[Rd] R Wiki: how useful for developers?
Spencer Graves