Re: RFS: r-cran-scatterplot3d
On 24.01.2010 19:10, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
>
> On 24 January 2010 at 18:24, Philip Rinn wrote:
> | Dear debian-science subscribers,
> |
> | I am looking for a sponsor for my package "scatterplot3d".
> |
> | * Package name : scatterplot3d
> | Version : 0.3-30-1
> | Upstream Author : Uwe Ligges
> | * URL : http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/scatterplot3d/
> | * License : GPL-2
> | Section : gnu-r
> |
> | Scatterplot3d is an GNU R package for the visualization of multivariate data in
> | a three dimensional space. Basically scatterplot3d generates a scatter plot in
> | the 3D space using a parallel projection. Higher dimensions (fourth, fifth, etc.)
> | of the data can be visualized to some extent using, e.g. different colors,
> | symbol types or symbol sizes.
> |
> |
> | It builds the binary packages "r-cran-scatterplot3d". I renamed it to fit the
> | pattern of CRAN packages for R in Debian.
> |
> | The package appears to be lintian clean and it would fix bug #565682.
> | It can be found on mentors.debian.net:
> | http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/s/scatterplot3d
>
> Building CRAN packages is trivial, it usually takes me about five minutes max
> per package.
>
> Yet I am not convinced that is what we want to sponsor more as some folks who
> have sponsored / packaged / uploaded are not keeping up with the new versions
> at CRAN (I think that holds for matchit, pscl, sp, vgam, zelig per [1] and
> other pages). I try to keep up with mine, and it really is not a large
> effort. Yet someone has to make it for the sponsored / team-managed packages
> too.
I'm not sure if I got your point. Should I just have filed an RFP bug because
maintaining CRAN packages is so easy and it's not worth getting new people
involved? Or do you think we shouldn't have random CRAN packages in Debian?
> |
> | I'd be glad if someone could upload this package for me, as it would supplement
> | the collection of CRAN packages in Debian especially for 3D plotting.
>
> Are you aware of http://debian.cran.r-project.org which gets you 2000+ CRAN
> packages as deb files for testing on i386 and amd64 ? That is an automated
> process not suitable for injection into Debian proper, but one that could be
> extended to other arches etc given suitable hardware donations.
Nice to know. I wasn't aware of it, but I have ppc at work.
Philip
>
> Dirk
>
> [1] http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
> |
> | Kind regards
> | Philip Rinn
> |
> | PS: would you please CC me, as I'm not on the list.
> |
> |
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