Re: [R] Feature request: rating/review system for R packages

2011-03-21 Thread Jim Lemon
On 03/21/2011 04:33 AM, Janko Thyson wrote: ... Hi Janko, As Dieter said, Crantastic is an opportunity for R users to give both quickie ratings and reviews of packages. I have to say that doing a review isn't trivial. I feel that I should use a package for a while before I can review it, and

[R] Feature request: rating/review system for R packages

2011-03-20 Thread Janko Thyson
Dear List, I'm aware that this has been brought up before (e.g. http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e6/help/09/03/7365.html http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/e6/help/09/03/7365.html ; https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2009-March/190902.html

Re: [R] Feature request: rating/review system for R packages

2011-03-20 Thread Dieter Menne
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Re: [R] Feature request: rating/review system for R packages

2011-03-20 Thread Ben Bolker
Dieter Menne dieter.menne at menne-biomed.de writes: After pondering all the pros and cons regarding the usefulness of a rating/review system for R packages, don't you think it would make sense to implement such a thing? Or to look what is there, and how little it is filled:

Re: [R] Feature request: rating/review system for R packages

2011-03-20 Thread Heinz Tuechler
It's unclear to me, why the rating/review system should relate to entire packages. Would it not be more informative, if single specific functions would be rated and reviewed? I would like to see if + is rated better than -, or if more difficulties are reported for * than for /. I could then