Use of message() in fCalendar and fSeries

[Kurt Hornik]

>>>>> Yohan Chalabi writes:

>>>>> "PBR" == Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
>>>>> on Mon, 25 May 2009 09:29:19 +0100 (BST)

PBR> These come from the startup messages in those packages --
PBR> although you
PBR> carefully define MSG() you then do not use it for all of
PBR> the messages,
PBR> so could you please do so?

> Thank you for your message. 

> I changed zzz.R in fSeries/fCalendar and uploaded new versions to
> CRAN.

Thanks, on CRAN now.

Best
-k


PBR> 
PBR> If this is supposed to mean that QRMlib should be calling
PBR> 'timeSeries'
PBR> rather than 'fSeries', please inform its maintainer.

> We made internal changes in the classes which were not backward
> compatible. So, we decided to continue their development with new
> packages and leave the old classes available. The changes were
> needed to improve usability and performance.

> We have already contacted maintainers of the packages which depend on the
> mentioned packages. We will contact them again to encourage them to
> switch to the new versions.


PBR> (I don't know
PBR> what the message is supposed to help with: if I drive an
PBR> Opel/Vauxhall
PBR> Vectra, how does help me to know that the new model is called
PBR> something else?)

> In terms of cars, the message should help the user to know that he can
> exchange his Opel with a new Porsche with little effort ;)

> We'll try to figure out a better phrasing for the startup message.

> Thanks again for your suggestions.

> Best regards,
> Yohan


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