[Rd] MailingList: in DESCRIPTION
Prof Brian Ripley
ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Thu Nov 5 12:44:10 CET 2009
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009, Romain Francois wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Would it make sense to add a MailingList field in the DESCRIPTION file so
> that we can indicate where the package can be discussed.
You can add whatever fields you like, and many authors do.
> More and more packages have dedicated mailing lists (mostly thanks to
> r[-]?forge ).
But those have a URL on R-forge, and surely giving that is more useful
(and URL: is a documented field).
> Romain Francois
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