lincc-frameworks / python-project-template

Python project best practices for scientific software
https://lincc-ppt.readthedocs.io/
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Investigate ways to support data #443

Open drewoldag opened 6 months ago

drewoldag commented 6 months ago

There are few places where data really becomes important. Tests, notebooks, and generally for the package.

We've seen many instances where a package requires a large amount of data to run. But it's impractical to include that data in the distribution. We've come up a few specific ways to address that, but let's consider if there's a way that we can include a best practice approach in the template as well.