On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 8:41 PM Protsak Andriy via R-package-devel
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> My name is Andriy, and I’m a student at University of Alcalá, currently
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> I’m tasked with organizing the R packages developed by our university that
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Dear Andriy
I would second the advice that David and Ivan have already given.
I woouls also add that I suspect that most users search for packages by
functionality so you might want to study techniques for search engine
optimisation and then advise authors how to increase the visibility of
Hello Andriy and welcome to R-package-devel!
On Fri, 19 Jan 2024 14:34:25 +
Protsak Andriy via R-package-devel
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> to achieve this the initial focus is on exploring the possibility of
> renaming the packages so that they share a common prefix, making it
> easier for uses to locate them
Hi Andriy
Renaming the packages seems quite drastic. It’ll break existing code and
the packages’ dependencies, and any existing name recognition will be lost.
I’m also a bit sceptical that it will greatly affect discoverability: I
don’t think most users find packages by scrolling through the big
