From jeff.a.ryan at gmail.com  Sat Aug 21 17:47:42 2010
From: jeff.a.ryan at gmail.com (Jeff Ryan)
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:47:42 -0500
Subject: [Rd] How do you make a formal "feature" request?
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The *user* decides.  That would be YOU.

Unlike SAS no one has a responsibility to YOU to implement some random request.

Packages are how things are implemented.

And to continue a previous thread ... maybe you should RTFM.

Jeff

On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Donald Winston <satchwinston at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Who decides what features are in R and how they are implemented? If there is someone here who has that authority I have this request:
>
> A report() function analogous to the plot() function that makes it easy to generate a report from a table of data. This should not be in some auxiliary package, but part of the core R just like plot(). As a long time SAS user I cannot believe R does not have this. Please don't give me any crap about Sweave, LaTex, and the "power" of R to roll your own. You don't have to "roll your own" plot do you? Reports are no different. If you don't agree do not bother me. If you agree then please bring this request to the appropriate authorities for consideration or tell me how to do it.
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[Rd] How do you make a formal "feature" request?
Jeff Ryan