Ricardo Wurmus writes: > Roel Janssen <r...@gnu.org> 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 <r...@gnu.org> >> 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
