[Gretl-devel] feature request anniversary

[Sven Schreiber]

Allin Cottrell schrieb:
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Sven Schreiber wrote:
> 
>> Am 19.11.2008 13:29, Sven Schreiber schrieb:
>>> I just noticed that three days ago an open feature request on the
>>> tracker had its first birthday! Happy birthday to request 1833159, which
>>>   by pure coincidence was posted by myself on November 16th, 2007.
>>>
>>> But seriously, the request is about "add[ing the] ability to
>>> modify an existing model". The idea was to be able to re-open
>>> a saved model and for example add another lag or perform other
>>> modifications, as in other programs. Essentially this would
>>> mean to have a button or menu entry in the model window, which
>>> would open the relevant model specification dialog with the
>>> input fields already filled in with the values of the saved
>>> model.
>> wontfix or target version 1.8/2.0?
> 
> Sorry for the delay.  I can't promise it'll happen quickly, but
> it's doable if a little complicated.  How about, perhaps, an entry
> in the Analysis menu of the model window, something like "Related
> model...".
> 

IMHO the Edit menu (second from the left) would be more intuitive; it's
also quite under-used so far with only one entry. But in general a menu
item is perfectly fine for this functionality. In terms of the wording
what about putting the words 'modify' or 'spin off' in there somehow?
(But I gladly let the native speakers make that decision.)

And another thing, maybe warranting another thread if people have strong
opinions about this: After compiling a fresh cvs checkout today I
noticed the 'compute DW p-value' checkbox in the OLS dialog. Personally
I really think that the value added of a DW test with p-values is very
small given the alternative LM tests. Jack has also commented on this.
So I think that even just mentioning the DW test in such a basic and
general dialog is not a good idea. In fact and without wanting to offend
anyone I think it's a very bad idea. (unless I am missing something,
same caveat as always) So I would like to see it go away before the next
release; if people need the functionality, I would propose to add the
possibility to access the DW p-value from somewhere in the model window
after it is estimated, not at the stage of specifying the model.

thanks,
sven