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CRAN gotchas

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Scott Chamberlain edited this page Apr 14, 2015 · 4 revisions

This is a collection of CRAN gotchas that are worth avoiding at the outset.

  • Make sure your package title is in Title Case.
  • Avoid starting the description with the package name or This package ...
  • Make sure you include links to websites if you wrap a web API, scrape data from a site, etc. in the Description field of your DESCRIPTION file
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