[R-sig-Debian] A guide to R packages for Ubuntu

[Michael Rutter]

On 04/30/2012 01:54 AM, Liviu Andronic wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:04 AM, Michael Rutter<mar36 at psu.edu>  wrote:
>> I had to draw a line somewhere.  Maintaining all the packages was out of the
>> question, as the number is just too high.  Since there is no list at this
>> time of the most popular packages, I choose the Task View lists as a good
>> place to start.  If and when this number of packages becomes manageable, I
>> may add more.
>>
> I see, thanks for letting me know. Although not as reliable as the
> Task Views, could the Crantastic popularity contest [1] be used for
> this purpose?
>
> Regards
> Liviu

That is a possibility.  Once I get all the bugs worked out, it will be 
something to consider.

Michael

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