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Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add r-mass.
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Roel Janssen |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add r-mass. |
Date: |
Tue, 10 May 2016 12:12:39 +0200 |
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Ricardo Wurmus writes:
> Roel Janssen <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Dear Guix,
>>
>> Here is another R package.
>> Thank you for your time.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Roel Janssen
>>
>>>From 9afdfc2d9f8d2f0268878a9f16394c862f7dfb2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>> From: Roel Janssen <address@hidden>
>> Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 13:42:31 +0200
>> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add r-mass.
>>
>> * gnu/packages/statistics.scm (r-mass): New variable.
>
> Isn’t MASS one of the default packages that come with R? We’ve
> previously added a package that is among the default packages, but I
> don’t remember if that was a good decision.
>
> Do you happen to know if this is considerably different from the
> recommended and bundled package that comes with R?
Nice! I didn't know it was indeed one of the default packages that come with R.
I tried to build packages depending on MASS and they seem to function.
So that means we don't need to look further at this patch.
>> gnu/packages/statistics.scm | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
>> index 7b34832..10df5df 100644
>> --- a/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
>> +++ b/gnu/packages/statistics.scm
>> @@ -333,6 +333,26 @@ support for the type of right-hand side expressions.
>> For more information,
>> see package vignette. To quote Rene Magritte, \"Ceci n'est pas un pipe.\"")
>> (license license:expat)))
>>
>> +(define-public r-mass
>> + (package
>> + (name "r-mass")
>> + (version "7.3-45")
>> + (source (origin
>> + (method url-fetch)
>> + (uri (cran-uri "MASS" version))
>> + (sha256
>> + (base32
>> + "13lp5919h2bnpmf8rbmkar8a41yx62fnx66pkvljvqf60wa29qsx"))))
>> + (properties `((upstream-name . "MASS")))
>> + (build-system r-build-system)
>> + (home-page "http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/MASS4/")
>> + (synopsis "This package contains functions and datasets for Venables and
>> +Ripley's MASS")
>
> This doesn’t need to be a full sentence. It would be sufficient to
> start with “Functions and datasets...”.
>
>> + (description "This package provides functions and datasets to support
>> +the book by Venables and Ripley: Modern Applied Statistics with S (4th
>> edition,
>> +2002).")
>
> What does “to support the book” mean? Could this be expressed more clearly?
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~~ Ricardo
Thanks for your time!
Kind regards,
Roel Janssen