Drake: Add saythanks?

[kendonB]

It's nice to be able to say thanks! https://saythanks.io/

[wlandau]

Hmm... while I personally find constructive criticism more useful, I really like the precedent this sets for open source projects in general. And the badge will fit right in.

Edit

We now have a README badge linking to https://saythanks.io/to/drake-r-package-feedback.

[wlandau]

I will add my own personal SayThanks.io mailbox as a temporary placeholder, but many more people deserve thanks for drake. I wonder if @ropensci would be willing to open an account. cc'ing @maelle, drake's @ropensci onboarding editor.

[karthik]

Happy to do this for you. Who should this email go to? I can set up [email protected] (I hope we don't hire Drake someday) to go to the authors/maintainers?

[wlandau]

Thanks, @karthik. Your comment nudged me to take a closer look, and until https://github.com/kennethreitz/saythanks.io/issues/44 is solved, I actually think I can handle this with a separate gmail account and a specialized filter. I do appreciate the offer, though.

[wlandau]

The README badge now links to https://saythanks.io/to/drake-r-package-feedback. To anyone connected with drake's development and/or @ropensci, just ping me and I will set up gmail forwarding from no-reply at saythanks dot io to your email account through drake.r.package.feedback at gmail dot com. cc'ing some possible takers.

• @AlexAxthelm
• @benmarwick
• @bpbond
• @dapperjapper
• @gothub
• @jules32
• @HenrikBengtsson
• @kendonB
• @krlmlr
• @maelle
• @mschubert

[wlandau]

In fact, I will add anyone who requests it. I see no reason to limit this to drake developers. EDIT: see https://github.com/ropensci/drake/issues/638#issuecomment-451684076.

[maelle]

maybe @stefaniebutland would like to see how such notes look like?

[stefaniebutland]

You should find some thanks in your inbox soon 🙏

[wlandau]

I saw, that's nice of you.

[wlandau]

A couple more thoughts/updates:

1. If you want to receive these emails, you can let me know anonymously at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3XCSCH9.
2. SayThanks.io senders may not be comfortable broadcasting to a wide audience, so I think the recipients should be limited to:
   
   
   
   1. Developers listed in the DESCRIPTION file.
   
   
   2. rOpenSci onboarding gatekeepers (editor and reviewers).
   
   
   3. rOpenSci employees.