R help - Mar 2007 - Connecting R-help and Google Groups?

This morning I tried to see if I could find the r-help mailing list on
Google Groups, which has an interface that I like.  I found three
Google Groups ("The R Project for Statistical Computing",
"rproject",
and "rhelp") but none of them are connected to the r-help list.

Is there perhaps some reason why it wouldn't be a good thing for there
to be a connected Google Group?  I think it should be possible to set
things up so that a post to the Google Group goes to the r-help
mailing list, and vice-versa.

Also, does anyone know why the three existing R Google Groups failed
to get connected to r-help?  It might require some action on the part
of the r-help list administrator.

Thanks,
    --Paul

-- 
Paul Lynch
Aquilent, Inc.
National Library of Medicine (Contractor)

I know nothing about Google Groups, but FWIW, I think it would be most
unwise for R/CRAN to hook up to **any** commercially sponsored web portals.
Future changes in their policies, interfaces,or access conditions may make
them inaccessible or unfreindly to R users. So long as we have folks willing
and able to host and maintain our lists as part of the CRAN infrastructure,
CRAN maintains control. I think this is wise and prudent.

I am happy to be educated to the contrary if I misunderstand how this would
work.

Bert Gunter
Genentech Nonclinical Statistics
South San Francisco, CA 94404
650-467-7374


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Subject: [R] Connecting R-help and Google Groups?

This morning I tried to see if I could find the r-help mailing list on
Google Groups, which has an interface that I like.  I found three
Google Groups ("The R Project for Statistical Computing",
"rproject",
and "rhelp") but none of them are connected to the r-help list.

Is there perhaps some reason why it wouldn't be a good thing for there
to be a connected Google Group?  I think it should be possible to set
things up so that a post to the Google Group goes to the r-help
mailing list, and vice-versa.

Also, does anyone know why the three existing R Google Groups failed
to get connected to r-help?  It might require some action on the part
of the r-help list administrator.

Thanks,
    --Paul

-- 
Paul Lynch
Aquilent, Inc.
National Library of Medicine (Contractor)

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On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 11:48:15AM -0400, Paul Lynch
wrote:
> This morning I tried to see if I could find the r-help mailing list on
> Google Groups, which has an interface that I like.  I found three
> Google Groups ("The R Project for Statistical Computing",
"rproject",
> and "rhelp") but none of them are connected to the r-help list.
> 
> Is there perhaps some reason why it wouldn't be a good thing for there
> to be a connected Google Group?  I think it should be possible to set
> things up so that a post to the Google Group goes to the r-help
> mailing list, and vice-versa.
> 
> Also, does anyone know why the three existing R Google Groups failed
> to get connected to r-help?  It might require some action on the part
> of the r-help list administrator.
As _existing_ alternative, consider Gmane.org. See the R FAQ for
details -- but a fair number of R lists a archive, gatewayed, ...
there already.

Dirk

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