CRAN is core and has to be trusted, the alternative community pointed to by OA provides a way of publishing newer libraries and applications built on core.
Seems logical to me that the barrier to the former is higher than the barrier to the second (essentially no barrier, just put it out there and see if people like it and be prepared to respond to feedback).
Perhaps the 'tone' of that higher barrier to the core could be adjusted and mechanisms for submission made clearer, but I think that there needs to still be a standard.
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CRAN is core and has to be trusted, the alternative community pointed to by OA provides a way of publishing newer libraries and applications built on core.
Seems logical to me that the barrier to the former is higher than the barrier to the second (essentially no barrier, just put it out there and see if people like it and be prepared to respond to feedback).
Perhaps the 'tone' of that higher barrier to the core could be adjusted and mechanisms for submission made clearer, but I think that there needs to still be a standard.
Am I wrong?