Several weeks ago the idea of an 'R Community'
mailing list was discussed. I was impatiently awaiting
the announcement for it, so asked Martin Maechler
about it yesterday. I misinterpreted his message on
the subject, so perhaps others did as well.
Martin is seeking a couple of volunteers to whom he
can hand the keys of the mailing list.
Besides doing Rolf's homework for him, a couple other
ideas for the list were expressed.
The first was that it could be used as a meta-mailinglist
for dealing with such issues as what to do about people
who are annoying on the lists (at this point in the conversation
glances were cast in my direction -- I'm not sure what that
means).
The second idea was that it could decentralize tasks. This
is otherwise known as getting things done without bugging
the hell out of R Core. For example the birth of the R Wiki,
successful as it has been, would have been smoother with
such a list.
Patrick Burns
patrick at burns-stat.com
+44 (0)20 8525 0696
http://www.burns-stat.com
(home of S Poetry and "A Guide for the Unwilling S User")
