Hello, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch <at> stats.uwo.ca> writes:
> > On 10/17/2006 2:22 AM, Andreas Wittmann wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > i'm currently working on a creditmetrics package which includes functions for computing the credit risk > model creditmetrics. I guess it would be finished in a few days. > > > > My question now is, does there exist some review process before sending it to ctan or is it reviewed after > having sended it? > > There's no review process to decide whether your package is useful or > well-written. If you want that kind of review you should submit it to > the Journal of Statistical Software. Although, this is a sensitive issue, it is unfortunate that such review (or comment, if that is a more suitable word) process is not available at R. Is it possible to have some process where people can provide "comments", even if it is not a journal "review". It can help in improving the quality of packages submitted to R, in reducing bugs, or simply catching errors (coding and non-coding) that the author may have over-looked by mistake. Will contributing something to R, on provisional basis, and then asking for comments, and then submitting a final version work? It may also help to require the author to include a mathematical description of what has been submitted, if it is a statistical function. This be because most new users find it difficult to read R code at the level of functions. They may also not be familiar with the statistical concept, but may know about it mathematically---because different disciplines have differentiated their specialized terminology (with some variation) as discipline specific statistical applications have evolved. I think this will make R more accessible to a wider user-base. ---Anupam. ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch 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.
