Re: [Gretl-devel] about adding function packages to the menus

On Thu, 19 Jan 2017, Allin Cottrell wrote: >> Secondly, my proposal is that before a package is allowed to appear in the >> menus it would need to pass some additional checks. For example, this >> check could be provided by replicating in the example script some >> known-good result. > > I agree with Jack that this would be awkward to implement. However, I also > agree with you that including replication of known good results in a > package is something that should be encouraged, even if not required. It > might be worth adding a field to the gfn specification to specify a > replication/test script (which I guess could be the same thing as the > sample script but might be distinct). That would make it possible to detect > right off if a given package has such a thing. In most cases, replication is a non-trivial task, that needs to be descrbed in a reasonable amount of detail, if the package is of some complexity. I remain convinced that a pdf file describing exactly what is being done and how would be essential in many cases, if not most.