On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal <roy.mendelss...@noaa.gov> wrote: > Hi All: > > I have a package whose main function is to download environmental data using > a service. I have added some plot routines, As it is, my examples of just > the downloads push the CRAN limits on time, so I want the plot examples to > use data that has already been downloaded and stored as part of the package. > > Questions: > > 1. Most appropriate place to store the example data (they will be .RData > files). > https://cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/r-release/R-exts.html#Data-in-packages
> 2. What size of data set is considered to be getting too large to be > appropriate to include in a package. > The CRAN Repository Policy says: "As a general rule, neither data nor documentation should exceed 5MB (which covers several books). A CRAN package is not an appropriate way to distribute course notes, and authors will be asked to trim their documentation to a maximum of 5MB." > Thanks, > > -Roy > > > > ********************** > "The contents of this message do not reflect any position of the U.S. > Government or NOAA." > ********************** > Roy Mendelssohn > Supervisory Operations Research Analyst > NOAA/NMFS > Environmental Research Division > Southwest Fisheries Science Center > ***Note new street address*** > 110 McAllister Way > Santa Cruz, CA 95060 > Phone: (831)-420-3666 > Fax: (831) 420-3980 > e-mail: roy.mendelss...@noaa.gov www: http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/ > > "Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill." > "From those who have been given much, much will be expected" > "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice" -MLK Jr. > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel -- Joshua Ulrich | about.me/joshuaulrich FOSS Trading | www.fosstrading.com R/Finance 2017 | www.rinfinance.com ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
