Bug#198569: [ITP]: r-noncran-design -- Regression modeling strategies

[Andreas Rottmann <a.rottmann@gmx.at>]

Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org> writes:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
>
> * Package name    : r-noncran-design
>   Version         : 1.1.6
>   Upstream Author : Frank Harrell <fharrell@virginia.edu>
> * URL             : http://hesweb1.med.virginia.edu/biostat/rms
> * License         : GPL
>   Description     : Regression modeling strategies
>
> Design is one of two packages by Frank Harrell and requires the other, Hmisc.
> Design provides the code supporting Harrell's 2002 book on 'Regression
> Modeling Strategies'.  I intend to stick with the convention of calling the
> (Debian) source package the same as the (source) R package -- design -- but
> then normalizing on r-noncran-design as done by prior packages maintained by
> Chris Lawrence and myself.
>
I think that 'design' is, also as a source package name, way too
generic. You can't in any way defer what this source package is
about... The same applies (but not as much) to hmisc, IMHO. Why not
name the source packages the same as the binary packages?

Regards, Andy
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