[Rcpp-devel] Dependence on GNU make because of $(shell)

[Dominick Samperi]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Romain Francois
<romain at r-enthusiasts.com>wrote:

> Le 17/11/10 16:09, Dominick Samperi a écrit :
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Shane Conway <shane.conway at gmail.com
>> <mailto:shane.conway at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    Dominick,
>>
>>    My 2 cents:
>>
>>    Nobody gets to decide when something is dead; it's more a consensus
>>    view driven by everyone who uses or contributes.  Looking back at the
>>    RcppTemplate archive, I think that characterization is pretty
>>    accurate:
>>    http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/cxxPack/Ancestry/.
>>      A similar look at the most recent version of Rcpp shows that it's
>>    alive and well: http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/Archive/Rcpp/.
>>    We should all be nothing but thankful that Dirk and Romain stepped in
>>    and contributed so much.
>>
>>    You are mentioned in every Rcpp source file and in the package
>>    documentation.  Beyond that, the old package was most definitely dead.
>>
>>
>> All citations have date ranges: 2005-2006 (the "Rcpp Classic" era), and
>> that
>> is quite different from Nov 2009 (see previous discussion). The work
>> that you are so
>> grateful for occurred *after* Nov 2009, not before.
>>
>> I am also grateful for this work, Romain is obviously a talented
>> programmer,
>> and the support provided by Romain and Dirk is a valuable service, as I
>> have said before.
>>
>
> We cannot say the same about your service, unless we use a sarcasm scale.
>
>
>  I wish I did not have to maintain cxxPack, much of it should be part
>> of Rcpp,
>>
>
> no way. get lost.
>
>
>  but working cooperatively on this seems to be out of the
>> question.
>>
>
> We are very open for collaboration. Rcpp has now 4 developers, who have
> various interest. We are always listening to the mailing list and often
> implement things in response to a question on the maing list (for example
> sugar was community-trigerred, another example is code I commited today).
>
> We however have no (even remote) interest in collaborating with you or
> anyone who would be that repeatedly annoying. Developping Rcpp is a lot of
> work, it is also a lot of fun. Dealing with you is just a plain source of
> pain.
>

Too bad Romain, as I think we could do good work together, but you are
obviously
under some kind of spell. If you change you mind you are welcome to work
with me
on cxxPack.
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