Several weeks ago the idea of an 'R Community' mailing list was discussed. I was impatiently awaiting the announcement for it, so asked Martin Maechler about it yesterday. I misinterpreted his message on the subject, so perhaps others did as well.
Martin is seeking a couple of volunteers to whom he can hand the keys of the mailing list. Besides doing Rolf's homework for him, a couple other ideas for the list were expressed. The first was that it could be used as a meta-mailinglist for dealing with such issues as what to do about people who are annoying on the lists (at this point in the conversation glances were cast in my direction -- I'm not sure what that means). The second idea was that it could decentralize tasks. This is otherwise known as getting things done without bugging the hell out of R Core. For example the birth of the R Wiki, successful as it has been, would have been smoother with such a list. Patrick Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 (0)20 8525 0696 http://www.burns-stat.com (home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User") ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
