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Release rticles 0.28

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Description

Prepare for release:

  • git pull
  • Check current CRAN check results
  • Check if any deprecation processes should be advanced, as described in Gradual deprecation
  • Polish NEWS
  • urlchecker::url_check()
  • devtools::build_readme()
  • devtools::check(remote = TRUE, manual = TRUE)
  • devtools::check_win_devel()
  • revdepcheck::cloud_check()
  • Update cran-comments.md
  • git push
  • Draft blog post
  • Slack link to draft blog in #open-source-comms

Submit to CRAN:

  • usethis::use_version('minor')
  • devtools::submit_cran()
  • Approve email

Wait for CRAN...

  • Accepted 🎉
  • Finish & publish blog post
  • Add link to blog post in pkgdown news menu
  • usethis::use_github_release()
  • usethis::use_dev_version(push = TRUE)
  • Share on social media

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the unchecked release checklist in this issue, especially the draft blog post and the pkgdown news-menu link. Confirm the CRAN submission status, then finish and publish the blog post, add its link, create the GitHub release, and complete the listed sharing steps.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
r
Domain
content, documentation, release
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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