On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 01:56:39PM -0400, Michael Crusoe wrote: > This is a great idea!
+1 Please also read the thread https://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2016/07/msg00090.html which seems to fit this topic. Kind regards Andreas. > On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Afif Elghraoui <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, all, > > > > I've had a couple packages that indicate the availability of data > > outside of the source distribution that can be used to try out the > > software (and make sure that it actually runs). I didn't think it was a > > good idea to bundle the data in with the actual package since it doesn't > > change between releases and would take up too much space on the archive > > if it was bundled with every upstream tarball. > > > > For example, at <http://canu.readthedocs.io/en/stable/quick-start.html>, > > there are a few reduced datasets that can be used to run assemblies for > > PacBio and Nanopore sequencing data. Those files can also be used for > > tests of the sprai package, and possibly also for other long-read genome > > assemblers. There's also the option of packaging the Assemblathon data > > for this purpose, or using simulators to generate datasets for testing. > > > > Does anyone have suggestions or thoughts on this? > > > > regards > > Afif > > > > -- > > Afif Elghraoui | عفيف الغراوي > > http://afif.ghraoui.name > > > > > > > -- > Michael R. Crusoe > Community Engineer & Co-founder > Common Workflow Language project > https://impactstory.org/u/0000-0002-2961-9670 > [email protected] > +32 (0) 2 808 25 58 > +1 480 627 9108 -- http://fam-tille.de
