R devel - Mar 2001 - bug.report/mail

One of the functions I would like to clean out of my syskern package is a
program to
send mail. This is a common feature other programs (e.g. bug.report) may use so
I
would like it to be included in R/base. I will volunteer to do this as it looks
like
a fairly straightforward dissection of bug.report but I have some questions:

Has anyone done this already?

Is "mail" a good name or would something like "Sys.mail" be
better?

Should I generate a diff relative to something or just files for
src/library/base/R?

Paul Gilbert

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>>>>> "PaulG" == Paul Gilbert
<pgilbert@bank-banque-canada.ca> writes:
    PaulG> One of the functions I would like to clean out of my syskern
    PaulG> package is a program to send mail. This is a common feature
    PaulG> other programs (e.g. bug.report) may use so I would like it to
    PaulG> be included in R/base. I will volunteer to do this as it looks
    PaulG> like a fairly straightforward dissection of bug.report but I
    PaulG> have some questions:

    PaulG> Has anyone done this already?

yes,  bug.report()  *does* all this already (when system resources are
available), using getOption("mailer") and/or argument  `method = '

    PaulG> Is "mail" a good name or would something like
"Sys.mail" be
    PaulG> better?


I think what we want is modularizing  bug.report()
by having it call a new  Sys.mail()
function passing it the subject, from & body  (and may be more).

A good idea!

    PaulG> Should I generate a diff relative to something or just files for
    PaulG> src/library/base/R?

I think useful would be to just modularize  bug.report() as indicated above

    PaulG> Paul Gilbert

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