From b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk  Sat Aug 21 19:10:20 2010
From: b.rowlingson at lancaster.ac.uk (Barry Rowlingson)
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 18:10:20 +0100
Subject: [Rd] How do you make a formal "feature" request?
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On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 4:41 PM, 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.

 Okay Donald, let's do this. Together. Because only you seem to know
what you want in this report() function.

 Can you spell out the sort of tables of data that report() will take,
what other options it will have and so on, and what its output will
be. It is quite possible someone out there will go "Yeah, I can do
that", and have a go, especially if they also go "Yeah, I could *use*
that too".

 If you really want it done, then you can pay money.

 So, spec please. From your earlier postings it sounds like not much
more than summary(d) and a few table(d) outputs.

Barry



[Rd] How do you make a formal "feature" request?
Barry Rowlingson