Rereading my post below, I realize scope for misinterpretation. As I have said earlier, I recognize the workload in doing any streamlining, and also the immense service to us all by r-core. The issue is how to manage the workload efficiently while maintaining and modernizing the capability. That is likely as challenging as doing the work itself.
JN > I concur with Avraham that capabilities need to be ensured e.g., in > recommended > packages. I should have mentioned that. My concern is that the core should be > focused on the programming language aspects. The computational math and some > of the more > intricate data management could better be handled by folk outside the core. > > JN > ______________________________________________ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
