CRAN Release Checklist
When deploying updates to CRAN, here a few updates that you need to
check off before doing so:
- Update version number in DESCRIPTION in format major.minor.patch
(e.g. 1.2.1)
- Update package documentation with
devtools::document()
- Run
devtools::check():
- If any problems come up that have not previously been documented in
cran-comments.md and cannot be fixed, fix them. There
should be no ERRORs or WARNINGs before submitting to CRAN.
- Look through past CRAN submissions to make sure you haven’t
reintroduced a bug/note that has been addressed in a previous
version
- If you have made any changes to
README.Rmd, re-knit to
README.md
- Update pkgdown site with
pkgdown::build_site()
- Update NEWS.md with version updates
- Update cran-comments.md in format
- After the branch is merged, create a GitHub release
- After the branch is merged, submit to CRAN with previously written
comments!