Thanks Duncan. Sorry for the ambiguity....I'd like to write my own package
to enhance it by adding the possibility to handle the additional
distribution. My question was more about the programming that needs to be
done (so I'll write the package maintainer for that). However, I'm similarly
interested in learning the 'know how' from your first question.

Thanks for this,
Axel.

On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan@gmail.com>wrote:

> On 11-07-30 5:55 PM, Axel Urbiz wrote:
>
>> Dear List,
>>
>> I'd like to extend the glmnet package to account for one additional
>> distribution: the Tweedie (compound of Poisson and Gamma). Could you
>> please
>> point me on how should I do this?
>>
>
> Your question is quite ambiguous.  Are you asking about the science
> necessary for that extension, or about the politics to get your changes into
> glmnet, or about the programming needed to do it?
>
> I can't help you with the first, but for the second two, you should contact
> the maintainer of the package first.  You would proceed differently if you
> are modifying the package than if you are trying to write your own package
> to enhance it.
>
> Duncan Murdoch
>

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