--- a/components/r/r-cran-base.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-base.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-base@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Base Functions for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="The basic functions which let R function as a language: arithmetic, input/output, basic programming support, etc. Its contents are available through inheritance from any environment."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description value="the Base Functions for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)
 set name=info.classification \

--- a/components/r/r-cran-boot.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-boot.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-boot@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Bootstrap Functions for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Functions and datasets for bootstrapping from the book 'Bootstrap Methods and Their Applications' by A. C. Davison and D. V. Hinkley (1997, CUP), originally written by Angelo Canty for S."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description value="the Bootstrap Functions for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)
 set name=info.classification \

--- a/components/r/r-cran-class.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-class.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-class@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="R Functions for Classification"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Various functions for classification, including k-nearest neighbour, Learning Vector Quantization and Self-Organizing Maps."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description value="the R Functions for Classification"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)
 set name=info.classification \

--- a/components/r/r-cran-cluster.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-cluster.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-cluster@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Extended Cluster Analysis for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Methods for Cluster analysis. Much extended the original from Peter Rousseeuw, Anja Struyf and Mia Hubert, based on Kaufman and Rousseeuw (1990) 'Finding Groups in Data'."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description value="the Extended Cluster Analysis for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)
 set name=info.classification \

--- a/components/r/r-cran-codetools.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-codetools.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-codetools@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Code Analysis Tools for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Code Analysis Tools that check R code for possible problems."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description value="the Code Analysis Tools for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)
 set name=info.classification \

--- a/components/r/r-cran-compiler.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-compiler.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-compiler@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Byte code compiler for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="These functions provide an interface to a byte code compiler for R."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description value="the Byte code compiler for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)
 set name=info.classification \

--- a/components/r/r-cran-datasets.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-datasets.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-datasets@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Base R datasets"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Large collection of example datasets for use with R."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description value="the Base R datasets"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)
 set name=info.classification \

--- a/components/r/r-cran-foreign.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-foreign.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-foreign@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="R functions for reading and writing foreign data"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Functions for reading and writing data stored by some versions of Epi Info, Minitab, S, SAS, SPSS, Stata, Systat and Weka and for reading and writing some dBase files."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the R functions for reading and writing foreign data"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-graphics.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-graphics.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-graphics@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="R functions for base graphics"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Functions for 'base'. Base graphics are traditional S-like graphics, as opposed to the more recent grid graphics."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description value="the R functions for base graphics"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)
 set name=info.classification \

--- a/components/r/r-cran-grdevices.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-grdevices.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-grdevices@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary \
     value="The R Graphics Devices and Support for Colours and Fonts"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="The R Graphics Devices and Support for Colours and Fonts for both base and grid graphics."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the R Graphics Devices and Support for Colours and Fonts"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-grid.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-grid.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-grid@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="The R Grid Graphics Package"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="This package contains a graphics system which supplements S-style graphics (see the R graphics package)."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description value="the R Grid Graphics Package"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)
 set name=info.classification \

--- a/components/r/r-cran-kernsmooth.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-kernsmooth.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-kernsmooth@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="R functions for kernel smoothing for Wand & Jones"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Functions for kernel smoothing (and density estimation) corresponding to the book: Wand, M.P. and Jones, M.C. (1995) 'Kernel Smoothing'."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the R functions for kernel smoothing for Wand & Jones"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-lattice.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-lattice.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-lattice@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Lattice Graphics for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="An implementation of Trellis graphics for R. It is a powerful and elegant high-level data visualization system with an emphasis on multivariate data. It is designed to meet most typical graphics needs with minimal tuning, but can also be easily extended to handle most nonstandard requirements."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description value="the Lattice Graphics for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)
 set name=info.classification \

--- a/components/r/r-cran-mass.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-mass.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-mass@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary \
     value="R Support Functions and Datasets for Venables and Ripley's MASS"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Functions and datasets to support Venables and Ripley, 'Modern Applied Statistics with S' (4th edition, 2002)."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the R Support Functions and Datasets for Venables and Ripley's MASS"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-matrix.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-matrix.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-matrix@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Sparse and Dense Matrix Classes and Methods for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Classes and methods for dense and sparse matrices and operations on them using 'LAPACK' and 'SuiteSparse'."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the Sparse and Dense Matrix Classes and Methods for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-methods.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-methods.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-methods@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Formal Methods and Classes for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Formally defined methods and classes for R objects, plus other programming tools, as described in 'Software for Data Analysis: Programming with R' and 'Programming with Data' by John M. Chambers."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the Formal Methods and Classes for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-mgcv.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-mgcv.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-mgcv@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary \
     value="Mixed GAM Computation Vehicle with GCV/AIC/REML smoothness estimation for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="GAMs, GAMMs and other generalized ridge regression with multiple smoothing parameter estimation by GCV, REML or UBRE/AIC. Includes a gam() function, a wide variety of smoothers, JAGS support and distributions beyond the exponential family."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the Mixed GAM Computation Vehicle with GCV/AIC/REML smoothness estimation for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-nlme.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-nlme.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-nlme@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Linear and Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="This R generic function fits a nonlinear mixed-effects model in the formulation described in Lindstrom and Bates (1990) but allowing for nested random effects. The within-group errors are allowed to be correlated and/or have unequal variances."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the Linear and Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-nnet.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-nnet.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-nnet@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary \
     value="Feed-forward Neural Networks and Multinomial Log-Linear Models for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Feed-forward Neural Networks and Multinomial Log-Linear Models for R."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the Feed-forward Neural Networks and Multinomial Log-Linear Models for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-parallel.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-parallel.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-parallel@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Support for Parallel computation in R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Support for parallel computation, including by forking (taken from package multicore), by sockets (taken from package snow) and random-number generation."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the Support for Parallel computation in R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-rpart.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-rpart.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-rpart@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Recursive Partitioning for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Recursive partitioning for classification, regression and survival trees. An implementation of most of the functionality of the 1984 book by Breiman, Friedman, Olshen and Stone."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description value="the Recursive Partitioning for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)
 set name=info.classification \

--- a/components/r/r-cran-spatial.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-spatial.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-spatial@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="R Functions for Kriging and Point Pattern Analysis"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Contains functions for Kriging and Point Pattern Analysis."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the R Functions for Kriging and Point Pattern Analysis"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-splines.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-splines.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-splines@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Regression Spline Functions and Classes for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Provides functions for working with regression splines using the B-spline basis, bs, and the natural cubic spline basis, ns."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the Regression Spline Functions and Classes for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-stats.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-stats.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-stats@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="R statistical functions"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Contains functions for statistical calculations and random number generation."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description value="the R statistical functions"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)
 set name=info.classification \

--- a/components/r/r-cran-stats4.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-stats4.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-stats4@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Statistical Functions using S4 classes for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Functions and classes for statistics using the S version 4 class system. The methods currently support maximum likelihood (function mle() returning class 'mle'), including methods for logLik for use with AIC."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the Statistical Functions using S4 classes for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-survival.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-survival.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-survival@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary \
     value="Survival analysis, including penalised likelihood for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Contains the core survival analysis routines, including definition of Surv objects, Kaplan-Meier and Aalen-Johansen (multi-state) curves, Cox models, and parametric accelerated failure time models."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the Survival analysis, including penalised likelihood for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-tcltk.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-tcltk.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-tcltk@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Tcl/Tk Interface for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="A series of additional Tcl commands and Tk widgets with style and various functions to supplement the tcltk package."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description value="the Tcl/Tk Interface for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)
 set name=info.classification \

--- a/components/r/r-cran-tools.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-tools.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-tools@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Tools for Package Development for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Contains tools for manipulating R packages and their documentation."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the Tools for Package Development for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-cran-utils.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-cran-utils.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-cran-utils@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="R utility functions"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Utility functions useful when programming and developing R packages."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description value="the R utility functions"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)
 set name=info.classification \

--- a/components/r/r-recommended.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-recommended.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
     value=pkg:/group/feature/r-recommended@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary \
     value="Software environment for statistical computing and graphics."
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Group package that depends on a set of packages that are recommended by the upstream R core team as part of a complete R distribution, and distributed along with the source of R itself, as well as directly via the CRAN network."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the Software environment for statistical computing and graphics."
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r-translations.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r-translations.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri \
     value=pkg:/library/r/r-translations@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary value="Compiled translations of messages for R"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="Compiled translations of messages for the R base and recommended packages."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the Compiled translations of messages for R"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)

--- a/components/r/r.p5m	Fri Nov 20 12:43:10 2015 -0800
+++ b/components/r/r.p5m	Fri Nov 20 14:57:30 2015 -0800
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 set name=pkg.fmri value=pkg:/runtime/r@$(IPS_COMPONENT_VERSION),$(BUILD_VERSION)
 set name=pkg.summary \
     value="Software environment for statistical computing and graphics"
+set name=pkg.description \
+    value="R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It provides a wide variety of statistical (linear and nonlinear modelling, classical statistical tests, time-series analysis, classification, clustering, ...) and graphical techniques, and is highly extensible."
 set name=com.oracle.info.description \
     value="the Software environment for statistical computing and graphics"
 set name=com.oracle.info.tpno value=$(TPNO)