It's been less than 3 days, and thanks to pmur002, @malcolmbarrett @ellakaye and everyone else at #RSprint2023 a patch has been made and accepted into R!!
R now supports 3 and 4 digit hex codes!
https://github.com/wch/r-source/commit/0cad8c3fa75f402db464cbfde93284106a12a69f
Free #RStats internals idea:
Adapt rle() to handle NAs in a more intuitive manner.
Without looking, what do you expect the following to do?
rle(c(1,1,NA, NA, NA, 3,3,3))
Steps to fix:
* add 2 lines to rle() source code. As detailed here: https://coolbutuseless.github.io/2020/08/26/run-length-encoding-and-the-problem-of-nas/
* Probably hide this functionality behind a logical argument
* push it through RCore.
* Draw the rest of the f#$&ing owl.
Today we had a super long and useful meeting with Uwe Ligges as part of the #RSprint2023.
Besides discussing some topics, we did 1 hour of pair programming to see how to solve a "simple" case adding a new message on CRAN checks to be more informative when URLs get a 301 error message (not a new check). As it was a real case, the testing didn't go well so it won't be added to #Rstats until later 😞
Very interesting discussions on the messages and how to support CRAN in what they do.
@coolbutuseless @ellakaye @malcolmbarrett
Most participants are focused on translations and documentation right now.
#RSprint2023 would like to thank our sponsors for enabling us to fund travel and accommodation for all in-person participants, as well as evening events 🎉
Core funding: EPSRC
Platinum sponsor: @R_Foundation
Gold sponsors: @RConsortium, CRiSM, @Posit
Silver: PCCTC, Rx Studio, ETH Zurich Seminar for Statistics
Reminder of the joint meetup with #RSprint2023 participants:
📅 Thursday, 31 August, 5 - 6 PM BST (16:00 - 17:00 UTC)
🏫 MS.01 Zeeman Building, University of Warwick / Teams
Followed by in-person social 6-7 PM.
coolbutuseless
Elio Campitelli
Lluís Revilla
gwynn gebeyhu
Renata Hirota 
R Contributors
Warwick R User Group