[R] what constitutes a 'complete sentence'?

[Rolf Turner]

On 07/07/15 07:10, William Dunlap wrote:

[Rolf Turner wrote.]

>> The CRAN guidelines should be rewritten so that they say what they *mean*.
>> If a complete sentence is not actually required --- and it seems abundantly clear
>> that it is not --- then guidelines should not say so.  Rather they should say,
>> clearly and comprehensibly, what actually *is* required.
>
> This may be true, but also think of the user when you write the description.
> If you are scanning a long list of descriptions looking for a package to
> use,
> seeing a description that starts with 'A package for' just slows you down.
> Seeing a description that includes 'designed to' leaves you wondering if the
> implementation is woefully incomplete.  You want to go beyond what CRAN
> can test for.

All very true and sound and wise, but what has this got to do with 
complete sentences?  The package checker issues a message saying that it 
wants a complete sentence when this has nothing to do with what it 
*really* wants.

cheers,

Rolf

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