Merge pull request #22 from PecanProject/gsoc-cran-update

Author: dlebauer

gsoc_ideas.html

@@ -108,13 +108,12 @@ <h2><a name="ideas">Project Ideas</a></h2>
 
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-<a name="cran">PEcAn in CRAN</a>
-<p>Currently PEcAn is not available in CRAN, this makes it harder to install on systems since it requires the user to download all code first and install it. Adding it to CRAN will not only make it easier to install, but also easier to find. This will require to fix warnings in the build process and potentially splitting the code in different modules.</p>
-<p><em>Expected outcome:</em> All PEcAn packages are available in CRAN.</p>
-<p><em>Prerequisites:</em> R and knownledge of CRAN/devtoools</p>
+<a name="cran">PEcAn packages on CRAN</a>
+<p>Currently PEcAn is not available in CRAN, this makes it harder to install on systems since it requires the user to download all code first and install it. Adding PEcAn packages to CRAN will not only make it easier to install, but also easier to find and easier to use standalone modules. This will require fixing warnings in the build process, removing unnecessary dependencies, and potentially splitting modules.</p>
+<p><em>Expected outcome:</em>PEcAn packages available in CRAN.</p>
+<p><em>Prerequisites:</em> R and comfort with the key steps required to release a package on CRAN; experience with R packages helpful, but most of the process is covered in chapters on R package releases in the <a href="https://devguide.ropensci.org/releasing.html">book ‘rOpenSci packages’</a> and the <a href="https://r-pkgs.org/release.html">book ‘R packages’ by Hadley Wickham</a></p>
 <p><em>Contact person:</em> Chris Black, @infotroph</p>
 
-<p>&nbsp;</p>
 
 <a name="drought">Drought-2018 Product</a>
 <p>Most models require both meteorological data as well as flux data to inform and improve their predictions to capture the ecosysem dynamics in an area. This idea is to add the <a href="https://www.icos-cp.eu/data-products/YVR0-4898">Drought-2018 ecosystem eddy covariance flux product for 52 stations</a> to PEcAn's data streams.</p>