From edd at debian.org  Thu Jun 11 14:34:11 2009
From: edd at debian.org (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:34:11 -0500
Subject: [Rd] cran task view
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On 11 June 2009 at 14:11, Achim Zeileis wrote:
| > Yesterday, I try to look at a CRAN task view on extreme value theory (EVT). 
| > Does anyone plan to do a CRAN task view on this topic?
| 
| Not that I know of.
| 
| > Packages related to this topic seem to be spread among finance, econometrics 
| > and social econometrics.
| 
| Maybe more on the finance side...

I also think that we shouldn't get too granular. 20-some task views is fine,
200-some less so. But that is Achim's editorial call to make.

| > Maybe this discussion could wait this july useR?
| 
| Sure, we can talk, probably together with Dirk. I guess that the number 
| of packages for EVT is also not excessive so that we might be able to 
| include it in the Finance view.

Agreed. Patches to the task view are always welcome.  :-)

Dirk

-- 
Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions.



[Rd] cran task view
Dirk Eddelbuettel