Bug#534864: ITP: r-cran-foreach -- GNU R foreach looping support

[Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Owner: Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
Severity: wishlist

* Package name    : r-cran-foreach
  Version         : 1.2.0-1
  Upstream Author : REvolution Computing, Inc.
* URL or Web page : http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/foreach/index.html
* License         : Apache License 2.0
  Description     : GNU R foreach looping support

This package, just like r-cran-iterators, is used by r-cran-domc but also
quite useful in its own right.

For reference, the draft debian/control file is included below:

  Source: r-cran-foreach
  Section: gnu-r
  Priority: optional
  Maintainer: Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
  Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.0), r-base-dev (>= 2.9.1), cdbs, r-cran-codetools, r-cran-iterators
  Standards-Version: 3.8.2
  Homepage: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/foreach/index.html
  
  Package: r-cran-foreach
  Architecture: all
  Depends: r-base-core (>= 2.9.1), r-cran-codetools, r-cran-iterators
  Description: GNU R foreach looping support
   This package provides support for the foreach looping construct.  
   Foreach is an idiom that allows for iterating over elements in a 
   collection, without the use of an explicit loop counter.  This package 
   in particular is intended to be used for its return value, rather
   than for its side effects.  In that sense, it is similar to the
   standard lapply function, but doesn't require the evaluation of
   a function.  Using foreach without side effects also facilitates 
   executing the loop in parallel.

For reference, the upstream DESCRIPTION file is included below:

  Package: foreach
  Type: Package
  Title: Foreach looping construct for R
  Version: 1.2.0-1
  Author: REvolution Computing
  Maintainer: REvolution Computing <support@REvolution-computing.com>
  Description: Support for the foreach looping construct.  Foreach is an
          idiom that allows for iterating over elements in a collection,
          without the use of an explicit loop counter.  This package in
          particular is intended to be used for its return value, rather
          than for its side effects.  In that sense, it is similar to the
          standard lapply function, but doesn't require the evaluation of
          a function.  Using foreach without side effects also
          facilitates executing the loop in parallel.
  Depends: R (>= 2.5.0), iterators(>= 1.0.0), codetools, utils
  License: Apache License (== 2.0)
  Packaged: 2009-06-26 18:15:52 UTC; weston
  Repository: CRAN
  Date/Publication: 2009-06-27 08:16:18




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