[Rd] R Wiki: how useful for developers?

[Philippe Grosjean]

Henrik Bengtsson wrote:
> Thank you very much for this Philippe and everyone else who contibuted
> to the R Wiki.  Great initiative and work.
> 
> I'm interested in the 'R packages section' for adding extra help on my
> packages.  What kind of backup is there for the wiki?
> 
> Best
> 
> Henrik

For the moment, there is a weekly backup of the whole data section done 
on another machine. I plan to make a daily backup on the same machine, 
keep all daily backups for 30 days, and then, keep only weekly backups 
for older data.

There is also a plan to install another dedicated server equiped with a 
tape backup.

Otherwise, **all** versions of your documents are saved and you can 
revert easily to any of those (in case of vandalism); see the 'Old 
revisions' button.

Best,

Philippe Grosjean

> On 6/18/06, Philippe Grosjean <phgrosjean at sciviews.org> wrote:
> 
>>Hello all R developers,
>>
>>I just send the official annoucement of the R Wiki at
>>http://wiki.r-project.org (was also officially annouced at useR!2006). I
>>would like to insist here on the aspects of the Wiki that could be of
>>particular interest for you, as R developer:
>>
>>1) The 'R documentation' section is dedicated to hold the latest
>>"wikified" version of all Rd files (base, recommended, as well as all
>>packages on CRAN and Bioconductor). Users can append exemple, discuss
>>points that are unclear for them, etc. at the end of these Wiki pages.
>>So, looking from time to time to these page is a good way to get
>>feedback from the users to improve your Rd files. (note that, currently
>>only base packages are on the Wiki; Also, several bugs in the Rd -> Wiki
>>conversion still need to be fixed, but that will be done as soon as
>>possible and all other Rd files will be published then).
>>
>>2) The 'R packages' section of the Wiki is an ideal place to allow
>>developers *and* users of R packages to add useful material like further
>>examples, tutorials, tips, etc. related to your packages. Although this
>>section is still in development, here is how you can create a page for
>>your own package and advertise it:
>>
>>- After login to the R Wiki site, type this in the search box (top right
>>of any R Wiki page):
>>
>>packages:[cran|bioconductor|others]:[pckgname]
>>
>>with: [cran|bioconductor|others] depending on where you package is
>>located, and [pckgname] being the name of your package (note that the R
>>Wiki uses only lowercase letters for page names, so that your package
>>name will be automatically tranformed into lowercase in the URL of your
>>page)
>>
>>- An error message indicate that the page does not exist yet. Click on
>>'Create this page' at the top left.
>>
>>- Start editing your page and click 'Save'.
>>
>>- Copy and paste the URL of your page in the URL section of your
>>description file.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Philippe Grosjean
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