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rstan releases are tagged but not "released"

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Description

There are tags for rstan releases (e.g. there's a v2.19.2 tag) but on GitHub the last release is listed as v2.8.0 from 2015. GitHub is changing their webpage layout for repos and now it says prominently "Latest release v2.8.0 on September 28, 2015" (see red circled area in screenshot below).

For future rstan releases a release should be both tagged and actually "released". This is good practice in general but especially when GitHub now advertises the latest release date on the main repository page:

rstan

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the repository's current release process and the existing rstan tags and GitHub releases, focusing on how a tagged release becomes visible as a GitHub release. Done means future rstan release tags are accompanied by corresponding GitHub releases and the repository no longer advertises the outdated release as latest.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
github, r
Domain
devops, release
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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