R devel - May 2015 - The R Foundation announces new mailing list 'R-package-devel'

New Mailing list   *** R-package-devel -- User R Packages Development ***  

At last week's monthly meeting, the R foundation has decided to
create a new mailing list in order to help R package authors in
their package development and testing.

The idea is that some experienced R programmers (often those
currently helping on R-devel or also R-help) will help package
authors and thus unload some of the burden of the CRAN team
members.

We expect impact for R-devel: I'm expecting somewhat less traffic there, 
and the focus returning to implementation of R and future features of R 
itself.

Please read the description of the mailing list here
       https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
or below, subscribe and start using it!


For the R foundation,
Martin Maechler,  Secretary General


------------------- "About R-package-devel"  (from above URL):
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This list is to get help about package development in R. The goal of the list is
to provide a forum for learning about the package development process. We hope
to build a community of R package developers who can help each other solve
problems, and reduce some of the burden on the CRAN maintainers. If you are
having problems developing a package or passing R CMD check, this is the place
to ask!

Please note that while R-package-devel contributors will do their best to
provide you accurate and authoritative information, the final arbiters of CRAN
submission is the CRAN team.

    Please keep it civil. It's easy to get frustrated when building a
package, or when answering the same question for what feels like the thousandth
time. But everyone involved in the process is a volunteer.
    Include a reproducible example. We can't help if we don't know what
the problem is. For packages, if possible, include a link to the package source.
If you're having a problem with R CMD check, include the relevant message
inline.
    If you're in violation of this code, one of the moderators will send you
a gentle admonishment off-list.
    For more about such "Netiquette", read the Debian code of conduct.

Note that there may be some overlap of topics with the R-devel mailing list
notably as before the existence of R-package-devel, many package developers have
used R-devel for questions that are now meant to be asked on this list. Beware
that cross-posting, i.e., posting to both, is generally considered as impolite ?
with rare exceptions, e.g., if a thread is being moved from one list to the
other for good reasons.