On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 08:55:28PM +0000, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > Howdy, > > Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie <at> debian.org> writes: > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: wishlist > > Owner: "Francesco P. Lovergine" <frankie <at> debian.org> > > > > * Package name : gstat > > Version : 2.4.4 > > Upstream Author : Edzer J. Pebesma <e.pebesma <at> geog.uu.nl> et al. > > * URL : http://www.gstat.org/ > > * License : GPL > > Description : A program for multivariable geostatistical modelling, > prediction and simulation > > > > Gstat is an open source (GPL) computer code for multivariable > > geostatistical modelling, prediction and simulation, and has been around > > from 1997. In the original form, gstat is a stand-alone executable, > > interfaced to various GIS (including GRASS 6). > > As of 2003, the gstat functionaly is also available as an S extension, > > either as R package or S-Plus library. > > Do you intend to package this as r-cran-gstat, in-line with the numerous other > R packages based on CRAN sources? >
Ah, nice point. Yes the package set is not yet ready now, I'd like packaging all needed bindings, so thank you for your suggestion... > I'm just asking as gstat is also part of CRAN, e.g. can be found on > http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/ and its mirrros. We have a > never-quite-finalized Debian R Policy draft that several of us adhere > to, and that we plan to expand -- i.e. we're working on getting all of > CRAN auto-built (and apt-get'able, though not necessarily inside Debian > as adding 500+ packages may be madness). > > Feel free to follow-up off-line if you have questions. > -- Francesco P. Lovergine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]