It's in VGAM, remember? Not a bug.
On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:38 AM, Joan Maspons <j.masp...@creaf.uab.cat>wrote: > Hi, > I filled a bug [1] and I tried to build a package without success. If there > are no news in a while I'll try some to convince some package developers to > add this distribution > > [1] https://bugs.r-project.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=14936 > > Thanks for the feedback, > Joan > > 2012/5/22 Ben Bolker <bbol...@gmail.com> > > > > > [various snippage] > > > > also see > > > > library("sos") > > findFn("dbetabin*") > > > > and > > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8065835/ > > proposing-feature-requests-to-the-r-core-team/8066062#8066062 > > [url broken] > > > > for some context on why you should build a package instead > > of trying to get a patch accepted in base R ... > > > > Ben Bolker > > > > > > > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Joan Maspons > > > > wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > > > 2012/5/22 Christophe Dutang <dutangc <at> gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > >> Dear Joan, > > > > >> > > > > <snip> > > > > >> If you want to contribute to R, you should write a package and > > submit it > > > > >> to CRAN. See http://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-exts.html > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > It's necessary to develop a package before to add the functions to > > > > R-base? > > > > > I just want to add beta binomial and beta negative binomial > > distributions > > > > > which from my point of view are not more strange than distributions > > > > > included in R-base. I think they are quite common in order to > > simulate a > > > > > binomial or negative binomial process in an stochastic environment. > > > > > > > > > In order to add functions to the main R distribution, you have to > > > > convince someone on R-core to maintain the code. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > > > > > -- > Joan Maspons > CREAF (Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals) > Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Catalonia > Tel +34 93 581 2915 j.masp...@creaf.uab.cat > http://www.creaf.uab.cat > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > ______________________________________________ > R-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel > > -- *A model is a lie that helps you see the truth.* * * Howard Skipper<http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/31/9/1173.full.pdf> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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