> On May 18, 2017, at 2:18 AM, TELLERIA RUIZ DE AGUIRRE, JUAN > <jtelle...@external.gamesacorp.com> wrote: > > Thank you Frederick for your comments: > > They are really well justified. > >> I think a "forum" or bulletin board system would be a detraction from the >> project and a distraction for the project leaders. Users have Stack Exchange >> - it's better than any forum we could create, and it >> takes care of itself. > > An excellent idea would be to add in the R Project Webpage a link to RSeek, > in order to put all together. This can be done in a fast and easy way.
Hi, It is already there, in two places: https://www.r-project.org/search.html and https://www.r-project.org/help.html both of those accessible from the navigation menu on the left side of the home page under "Search" and "Getting Help". Regards, Marc Schwartz > >> I too was annoyed by the state of the bug reporting system when I first >> started using R, and that was even before automatic account creation was >> disabled. I think the situation could be improved. >> I don't think it's a huge burden to tell bug reporters to ask for an account >> via the R-devel mailing list. But from what I can see the bug tracker >> doesn't make it clear that this has to be done. We should at >> least post a message on the main page explaining how people can create an >> account. This would be less work than what Juan is suggesting, but I think >> sufficient for our needs. > > Yes, clarifying in the RProject webpage that accounts could be requested for > bug reporting in Bugzilla would be a great news, but it shall be really good > justified. > >> I think this is a terrible idea. I've only been using R for a few years and >> while I find these "tidyverse" packages interesting and use them on >> occasion, I've also concluded that they change too quickly to >> be used in code that I want to stay working for a long time. They are >> largely based on experimental concepts. Being able to change and evolve is >> part of the strength of these packages. So I think putting >> them in the R Base distribution would be bad for all parties. > > Totally agree. > >> I think the R project web page looks great. It's simple and it loads quickly >> and doesn't try to mesmerize people. I like R's command line interface. It >> completes on symbols and files and I can easily use it >> with my favorite editor and run it in the terminal of my choice. I don't >> think that more effort should be put into developing bloated GUIs which try >> to enforce a standard way of interacting with R. > > I agree, but, in my opinion, the RGUI icons shall have a little bit more > modern look. Just a bit. > > Thank you, > Juan ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
