R devel - Jan 2013 - Who does develop the R core and libs, and how / where is it hosted?

Hello,

I saw Binaries, stable release-souzrces and daily snapshots of R, but
not something like a repository, visible for the public (like on githb for
example).

How is the R development handled, what repositories / source code versioning
tools
are used, who are the developers?

And is there something like a plan with future goals,
which are planned for the next releases?

Are there areas, where help is needed?
And in which way could support be done?


Ciao,
   Oliver

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:29 PM, oliver <oliver at first.in-berlin.de>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I saw Binaries, stable release-souzrces and daily snapshots of R, but
> not something like a repository, visible for the public (like on githb for
example).
>
Go to http://www.r-project.org and click the "Developer Page" link in
the left-hand column.
> How is the R development handled, what repositories / source code
versioning tools
> are used, who are the developers?
>
Ibid, and
Go to http://www.r-project.org and click the "Contributors" link in
the left-hand column.
> And is there something like a plan with future goals,
> which are planned for the next releases?
>
> Are there areas, where help is needed?
> And in which way could support be done?
>
>
> Ciao,
>    Oliver
>
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On Jan 14, 2013, at 3:29 PM, oliver wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I saw Binaries, stable release-souzrces and daily snapshots of R, but
> not something like a repository, visible for the public (like on githb for
example).
> 
Ehm, I would expect a bit better from someone who is on the list for several
years ;) - the reading the docs - in particular you'll find answers to most
of your questions in the FAQ ...

> How is the R development handled, what repositories / source code
versioning tools
> are used, who are the developers?
> 
> And is there something like a plan with future goals,
> which are planned for the next releases?
> 
See developer.r-project.org, other than that features are typically announced in
NEWS as they are being implemented.

> Are there areas, where help is needed?
If you have someone with a good R knowledge, check out the wish list.

> And in which way could support be done?
> 
Write good packages, provide patches to R, donate to R foundation?

Cheers,
Simon