The official maintainers were dismissive when I suggested there were some problems I could fix with the then implementation of polr. I haven't looked at it since, sorry.
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Guido Biele [via R] < ml-node+s789695n4695392...@n4.nabble.com> wrote: > I modified (where neccessary) the file polr.R of the current MASS package > (7.3-33) following the fixes in fixed-polr.R* and it is still working. > the original polr.R file had implemented some of Tim's suggestion, but not > the new method to generate starting values for the optimization. > > Does anybody know why polr was only partially "fixed"? > > Regards - Guido > > *http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/attachment/4647403/0/fixed-polr.R > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/bugs-and-misfeatures-in-polr-MASS-fixed-tp3024677p4695392.html > To unsubscribe from bugs and misfeatures in polr(MASS).... fixed!, click > here > <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=3024677&code=dGltb3RoeS5iZW5oYW1AdXFjb25uZWN0LmVkdS5hdXwzMDI0Njc3fDE5NTE2NDMxMjk=> > . > NAML > <http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > ----- Tim J. Benham -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/bugs-and-misfeatures-in-polr-MASS-fixed-tp3024677p4695394.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
