Re: [Rd] Brainstorm: Alpha and Beta testing of R versions

2005-11-07 Thread hadley wickham
> actually, it might not be a bad idea to require a unique > bug-entry interface -- actually we have been thinking of moving > to bugzilla -- if only Peter Dalgaard could find a smart enough > person (even to be paid) who'd port all the old bug reports into the > new format.. If you haven't alread

Re: [Rd] Brainstorm: Alpha and Beta testing of R versions

2005-11-07 Thread Andrew Robinson
Martin, you're very welcome. > A general point about your suggestions: You seem to assume that > bug reports are typically entered via the R-bugs web interface Yes, that was the premiss of my suggestions. Perhaps to supplement these ideas, bug.report() could be rewritten to prompt useful info

Re: [Rd] Brainstorm: Alpha and Beta testing of R versions

2005-11-07 Thread Martin Maechler
Thanks a lot, Andrew, for your input! A general point about your suggestions: You seem to assume that bug reports are typically entered via the R-bugs web interface (which is down at the moment and for a few more dozen hours probably}, rather than via R's builtin bug.report() function or the s

Re: [Rd] Brainstorm: Alpha and Beta testing of R versions

2005-11-07 Thread Ben Bolker
My most common problem with the bug reporting system is distinguishing between bugs and my own stupidity or confusion. So I post to the r-devel list to ask; even when there is a response, I may then fail to get around to submitting the bug report itself ... I know R-core doesn't want the bug l

Re: [Rd] Brainstorm: Alpha and Beta testing of R versions

2005-11-07 Thread Paul Roebuck
On Sun, 6 Nov 2005, Henrik Bengtsson wrote: > Andrew Robinson wrote: > > >On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 09:58:47AM +0100, Martin Maechler wrote: > > > >>[Mainly for R-foundation members; but kept in public for general > >> brainstorming...] > >> > > > >[SNIP] > > > >2) Try to use the structure of the re

Re: [Rd] Brainstorm: Alpha and Beta testing of R versions

2005-11-05 Thread Henrik Bengtsson
Andrew Robinson wrote: >Hi Martin, > >On Fri, Nov 04, 2005 at 09:58:47AM +0100, Martin Maechler wrote: > > >>[Mainly for R-foundation members; but kept in public for general >> brainstorming...] >> >> > >I'll take up the invitation to brainstorm. > >As a user of R for a number of years, I'd