On 13.06.2017 15:40, Duncan Murdoch wrote:
On 13/06/2017 7:29 AM, Michael Dewey wrote:
Dear David
It is your package and you can choose the name you prefer. If you feel
uncomfortable with the current one then change it. I do not think anyone
else's opinion is relevant unless a package author
On 13/06/2017 7:29 AM, Michael Dewey wrote:
Dear David
It is your package and you can choose the name you prefer. If you feel
uncomfortable with the current one then change it. I do not think anyone
else's opinion is relevant unless a package author picks a name that all
right thinking people wo
Apropos of nothing, I just came across this line at
https://github.com/trestletech/plumber:
plumber was originally released as the rapier package and has since been
renamed (7/13/2015)
Heh.
David
On 13 June 2017 at 13:29, Michael Dewey wrote:
> Dear David
>
> It is your package and you can ch
Dear David
It is your package and you can choose the name you prefer. If you feel
uncomfortable with the current one then change it. I do not think anyone
else's opinion is relevant unless a package author picks a name that all
right thinking people would find offensive.
On 11/06/2017 14:51,
I'll chime in from the other side of the ocean: I didn't even know that the
Huxtables was their family name, and I've watched the Cosby show often as a
kid. I did a quick check in the office and of the 12 R users I asked,
exactly 0 knew who the Huxtables were.
So I wouldn't worry too much about it
Hi David,
Honestly I'm from the US and know about the scandal with Cosby but
don't think that it would be an issue for your package. First off
it's the name of the fictional family - not Bill Cosby's name
directly. There are more members of the family than just what Bill
portrayed. If you show m
Dear David,
No one at CRAN has responded yet, so I'll take a stab at it.
First, you're right about the resonance of "huxtable" for North Americans, and
if the package were mine, I'd be slightly embarrassed about the name.
CRAN generally will not allow you to rename a package, for several obviou
