Re: science-statistics package suggestion: ggplot2
Hi Michael,
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 11:25:23PM -0600, Michael Wilson wrote:
> Thanks for the positive feedback,
You are welcome. We need *way more* input of this kind since a single
person (basically me + a few others for random tasks) can't do a proper
design.
> I was also going to suggest the inclusion of the r-cran-reshape2.
> However, it is already a dependency for ggplot2.
So it will be installed on the users box if the metapackage is
installed.
> In such a case, is
> there any point to including reshape2?
It depends. If you want to advertise the package separately it might
make sense to add it explicitly to the task.
Kind regards
Andreas.
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 7:41 AM, Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> wrote:
> > Hi Michael,
> >
> > I just added r-cran-ggplot2 to the statistics task. Thanks for your
> > long explanation. This kind of hints are *very* helpful - please come
> > up with more of them. ;-)
> >
> > Kind regards
> >
> > Andreas.
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 09:41:42PM +0800, Michael Wilson wrote:
> >> I propose the inclusion of ggplot2 in the science-statistics science
> >> metapackage. Details of which are included below. I will admit, it has
> >> some somewhat ambitious dependencies, however all dependencies meet
> >> the DFSG and ggplot2 is already an official Debian package for
> >> old-stable through to Sid.
> >>
> >> ---
> >> Package: r-cran-ggplot2
> >>
> >> Licence: GPL-2
> >>
> >> Description: "An implementation of the grammar of graphics in R. It
> >> combines the advantages of both base and lattice graphics:
> >> conditioning and shared axes are handled automatically, and you can
> >> still build up a plot step by step from multiple data sources. It also
> >> implements a sophisticated multidimensional conditioning system and a
> >> consistent interface to map data to aesthetic attributes."
> >>
> >> Reason: ggplot2 has wide spread adoption in the cognitive sciences,
> >> financial sectors, and biomedical sciences. ggplot2 is stable,
> >> actively maintained, and meet DFSG. In my view, it is an essential
> >> part of any statisticians toolbox.
> >> ---
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Michael
> >>
> >>
> >
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> >
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