From edd at debian.org  Sat Sep 14 15:14:48 2013
From: edd at debian.org (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 08:14:48 -0500
Subject: [Rd] declaring package dependencies
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On 14 September 2013 at 09:04, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
| On 13-09-13 12:00 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
| > But the focus here should not be on my hobby package. The focus needs to be
| > on how four CRAN maintainers (who do a boatload of amazing work which is
| > _truly_ appreciated in its thoroughness and reach) could make the life of
| > authors of 4800+ packages easier by communicating and planning a tad more.
| 
| Let me paraphrase that:  "The CRAN maintainers do a lot of work, and it 
| helps me a lot, but if they only did a little bit more work it would 
| help me even more."
| 
| I suspect they'd be more receptive to suggestions that had them doing 
| less work, not more.

Presumably that also holds for the authors of the 4800+ packages.  

But my point is not the about "less", it is about "more predictable".
Currently, the system appears to be anything but.  We can do better.

Dirk

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[Rd] declaring package dependencies
Dirk Eddelbuettel