19 NEWS

19.1 0.9.0

2024-01-09, update roxygen2 wording (@vincentvanhees, #792).
2023-12-15, update roxygen2 advice, mainly linking to roxygen2 website (#750).
2023-09-15, add suggestions for API packages (#496).
Translation to Spanish!
2023-07-17, Update Aims and Scope to include translation packages, remove experimental text-processing categories, and provide clarifications around API wrappers
2023-05-04, Added link to Bioconductor book (#663, @llrs).
2023-04-26, Changed suggested lifecycle stage in authors guide (#661, @bart1).
2023-04-25, changed the COI section to use parallel construction (#659, @eliocamp).
2022-07-04, Add resources around GitHub workflows (#479, @maurolepore).
2023-02-14, update instructions for CITATION to reflect new CRAN policies (#604, #609).
2023-02-14, add package maintainer cheatsheet (#608).
2023-01-25, add Mastodon as social media (#592, by @yabellini).
2023-01-25, add Mastodon as social media (#592, by @yabellini).
2023-01-20, fix small formating error (#590 by @eliocamp).
2022-11-22, mention shinytest2 near shinytest.
2022-09-20, add editor instruction to add “stats” label to stats submissions
2022-09-20, fixed link to reviewer approval template (#548), and rendering of editor’s template (#547)
2022-08-23, add recommendation to document argument default (@Bisaloo, #501)
2022-08-06, fix link to R Packages book (#498)
2022-07-21, mention GitHub Discussions and GitHub issue templates. (#482)
2022-07-21, highlight values for reviewing in more places (#481)
2022-07-20, Explanation of package submission via non-default branches (#485), added @s3alfisc to contributor list.
2022-07-20, add how to volunteer as a reviewer (#457).
2022-06-23, Expanded explanation of Codecov, added @ewallace to contributor list (#484)

19.2 0.8.0

2022-06-03, Remove former references to now-archived “rodev” package
2022-05-30, Advise that reviewers can also directly call @ropensci-review-bot check package
2022-05-27, Add Mark Padgham to list of authors
2022-05-27, Add devguider::prerelease_checklist item to pre-release template (#463)
2022-05-13, Align version number in DESCRIPTION file with actual version (#443)
2022-05-13, Update guidelines for CONTRIBUTING.md (#366, #462)
2022-05-09, Add section on authorship of included code, thanks to @KlausVigo (#388).
2022-05-09, Remove mention of ‘rev’ role requiring R v3.5
2022-05-05, Move all scripts from local inst directory to ropensci-org/devguider pkg.
2022-05-03, Update package archiving guidance to reduce README to minimal form.
2022-04-29, Advise that authors can directly call @ropensci-review-bot check package.
2022-04-29, Describe pkgcheck-action in CI section.
2022-04-29, Update scope in policies section to include statistical software.
2022-04-29, Add prelease.R script to open pre-release GitHub issue & ref in appendix.
2022-04-26, Add GitHub 2FA recommendation to package security.
2022-03-29, Remove references to Stef Butland, former community manager.
2022-03-28, Add comments on submission planning about time commitment.
2022-03-24, Remove approval comment template (coz it’s automatically generated by the bot now).
2022-03-21, rephrase CITATION guidance to make it less strict. Also mentions CITATION.cff and the cffr package.
2022-03-08, add links to blogs related to package development (#389).
2022-02-17, update redirect instructions (@peterdesmet, #387).
2022-02-14, link to Michael Lynch’s post Why Good Developers Write Bad Unit Tests.
2022-02-14, mention more packages for testing like dittodb, vcr, httptest, httptest2, webfakes.
2022-01-10, make review templates R Markdown files (@Bisaloo, #340).
2022-01-14, update guidance on CI services (#377)
2022-01-11, update guidance around branches, with resources suggested by @ha0ye and @statnmap.
2022-01-10, divide author’s guide into sub-sections, and add extra info including pkgcheck.
2021-11-30, adds links to examples of reviews, especially tough but constructive ones (with help from @noamross, @mpadge, #363).
2021-11-19, add recommended spatial packages to scaffolding section (software-review-meta#47)
2021-11-18, update advice on grouping functions for pkgdown output (#361)

19.3 0.7.0

2021-11-04, add mentions of stat software review to software review intro and to the first book page (#342).
2021-11-04, mention pkgcheck in the author guide (@mpadge, #343).
2021-11-04, add editors’ responsibilities including Editor etiquette for commenting on packages on which you aren’t handling/reviewing (@jhollist, #354).
2021-11-04, give precise examples of tools for installation instructions (remotes, pak, R-universe).
2021-11-04, add more bot guidance (less work for editors).
2021-10-07, add guidance for editorial management (recruiting, inviting, onboarding, offboarding editors).
2021-09-14, add a requirement that there is at least one HTML vignette.
2021-09-03, add some recommendations around git. (@annakrystalli, #341)
2021-07-14, clarify the categories data extraction and munging by adding examples. (@noamross, #337)
2021-05-20, add guidance around setting up your package to foster a community, inspired by the recent rOpenSci community call. (with help from @Bisaloo, #289, #308)
2021-04-27, no longer ask reviewers to ask covr as it’ll be done by automatic tools, but ask them to pay attention to tests skipped.
2021-04-02, add citation guidance.
2021-04-02, stop asking reviewers to run goodpractice as this is part of editorial checks.
2021-03-23, launched a new form for reviewer volunteering.
2021-02-24, add guidance around the use of @ropensci-review-bot.

19.4 0.6.0

2021-02-04, add guidance to enforce package versioning and tracking of changes through review (@annakrystalli, #305)
2021-01-25, add a translation of the review template in Spanish (@Fvd, @maurolepore, #303)
2021-01-25, the book has now better citation guidance in case you want to cite this very guide (@Bisaloo, #304).
2021-01-12, add some more guidance on escaping examples (#290).
2021-01-12, mention the lifecycle package in the chapter about package evolution (#287).
2021-01-12, require overlap information is put in documentation (#292).
2021-01-12, start using the bookdown::bs4_book() template.
2021-01-12, add a sentence about whether it is acceptable to push a new version of a package to CRAN within two weeks of the most recent version if you have just been made aware of, and fixed, a major bug (@sckott, #283)
2021-01-12, mention the HTTP testing in R book.
2021-01-12, mention testthat snapshot tests.
2021-01-12, remove mentions of Travis CI and link to Jeroen Ooms’ blog post about moving away from Travis.
2021-01-12, update the package curation policy: mention a possible exception for legacy packages that are vital parts of the R and/or rOpenSci package ecosystem which are actively monitored by staff. (@noamross, #293)

19.5 0.5.0

2020-10-08, add help about link checking (@sckott, #281)
2020-10-08, update JOSS instructions (@karthik, #276)
2020-10-05, add links to licence resources (@annakrystalli, #279)
2020-10-05, update information about the contributing guide (@stefaniebutland, #280)
2020-09-11, make reviewer approval a separate template (@bisaloo, #264)
2020-09-22, add package curation policy (@noamross, #263)
2020-09-11, add more guidance and requirements for docs at submission (@annakrystalli, #261)
2020-09-14, add more guidance on describing data source in DESCRIPTION (@mpadge, #260)
2020-09-14, add more guidance about tests of deprecated functions (@sckott, #213)
2020-09-11, update the CI guidance (@bisaloo, @mcguinlu, #269)
2020-09-11, improve the redirect guidance (@jeroen, @mcguinlu, #269)

19.6 0.4.0

2020-04-02, give less confusing code of conduct guidance: the reviewed packages’ COC is rOpenSci COC (@Bisaloo, @cboettig, #240)
2020-03-27, add section on Ethics, Data Privacy and Human Subjects Research to Policies chapter
2020-03-12, mention GitHub Actions as a CI provider.
2020-02-24, add guide for inviting a guest editor.
2020-02-14, add mentions of the ropensci-books GitHub organisation and associated subdomain.
2020-02-10, add field and laboratory reproducibility tools as a category in scope.
2020-02-10, add more guidance about secrets and package development in the security chapter.
2020-02-06, add guidance about Bioconductor dependencies (#246).
2020-02-06, add package logo guidance (#217).
2020-02-06, add one CRAN gotcha: single quoting software names(#245, @aaronwolen)
2020-02-06, improve guidance regarding the replacement of “older” pkgdown website links and source (#241, @cboettig)
2020-02-06, rephrase the EiC role (#244).
2020-02-06, remove the recommendation to add rOpenSci footer (https://github.com/ropensci/software-review-meta/issues/79).
2020-02-06, remove the recommendation to add a review mention to DESCRIPTION but recommends mentioning the package version when reviewers are added as “rev” authors.
2020-01-30, slightly changes the advice on documentation re-use: add a con; mention @includeRmd and @example; correct the location of Rmd fragments (#230).
2020-01-30, add more guidance for the editor in charge of a dev guide release (#196, #205).
2020-01-22, add guidance in the editor guide about not transferred repositories.
2020-01-22, clarify forum guidance (for use cases and in general).
2020-01-22, mention an approach for pre-computing vignettes so that the pkgdown website might get build on rOpenSci docs server.
2020-01-22, document the use of mathjax with rotemplate (@Bisaloo, #199).
2020-01-20, add guidance for off-thread interaction and COIs (@noamross, #197).
2020-01-20, add advice on specifying dependency minimum versions (@karthik, @annakrystalli, #185).
2020-01-09, start using GitHub actions instead of Travis for deployment.
-2019-12-11, add note in Documentation sub-section of Packaging Guide section about referencing the new R6 support in roxygen2 (ropensci/dev_guide#189)
2019-12-11, add new CRAN gotcha about having ‘in R’ or ‘with R’ in your package title (@bisaloo, ropensci/dev_guide#221)

19.7 0.3.0

2019-10-03, include in the approval template that maintainers should include link to the docs.ropensci.org/pkg site (ropensci/dev_guide#191)
2019-09-26, add instructions for handling editors to nominate packages for blog posts (ropensci/dev_guide#180)
2019-09-26, add chapter on changing package maintainers (ropensci/dev_guide#128) (ropensci/dev_guide#194)
2019-09-26, update Slack room to use for editors (ropensci/dev_guide#193)
2019-09-11, update instructions in README for rendering the book locally (ropensci/dev_guide#192)
2019-08-05, update JOSS submission instructions (ropensci/dev_guide#187)
2019-07-22, break “reproducibility” category in policies into component parts. (ropensci/software-review-meta#81)
2019-06-18, add link to rOpenSci community call “Security for R” to security chapter.
2019-06-17, fix formatting of Appendices B-D in the pdf version of the book (bug report by @IndrajeetPatil, #179)
2019-06-17, add suggestion to use R Markdown hunks approach when the README and the vignette share content. (ropensci/dev_guide#161)
2019-06-17, add mention of central building of documentation websites.
2019-06-13, add explanations of CRAN checks. (ropensci/dev_guide#177)
2019-06-13, add mentions of the rodev helper functions where relevant.
2019-06-13, add recommendation about using cat for str.*() methods. RStudio assumes that str uses cat, if not when loading an R object the str prints to the console in RStudio and doesn’t show the correct object structure in the properties. ([@mattfidler] (https://github.com/mattfidler/) #178)
2019-06-12, add more details about git flow.
2019-06-12, remove recommendation about roxygen2 dev version since the latest stable version has what is needed. (@bisaloo, #165)
2019-06-11, add mention of usethis functions for adding testing or vignette infrastructure in the part about dependencies in the package building guide.
2019-06-10, use the new URL for the dev guide, https://devguide.ropensci.org/
2019-05-27, add more info about the importance of the repo being recognized as a R package by linguist (@bisaloo, #172)
2019-05-22, update all links eligible to HTTPS and update links to the latest versions of Hadley Wickham and Jenny Bryan’s books (@bisaloo, #167)
2019-05-15, add book release guidance for editors. (ropensci/dev_guide#152)

19.8 0.2.0

2019-05-23, add CRAN gotcha: in the Description field of your DESCRIPTION file, enclose URLs in angle brackets.
2019-05-13, add more content to the chapter about contributing.
2019-05-13, add more precise instructions about blog posts to approval template for editors.
2019-05-13, add policies allowing using either <- or = within a package as long as the whole package is consistent.
2019-05-13, add request for people to tell us if they use our standards/checklists when reviewing software elsewhere.
2019-04-29, add requirement and advice on testing packages using devel and oldrel R versions on Travis.
2019-04-23, add a sentence about why being generous with attributions and more info about ctb vs aut.
2019-04-23, add link to Daniel Nüst’s notes about migration from XML to xml2.
2019-04-22, add use of rOpenSci forum to maintenance section.
2019-04-22, ask reviewer for consent to be added to DESCRIPTION in review template.
2019-04-22, use a darker blue for links (feedback by @kwstat, #138).
2019-04-22, add book cover.
2019-04-08, improve formatting and link text in README (@katrinleinweber, #137)
2019-03-25, add favicon (@wlandau, #136).
2019-03-21, improve Travis CI guidance, including link to examples. (@mpadge, #135)
2019-02-07, simplify code examples in Package Evolution section (maintenance_evolution.Rmd file) (@hadley, #129).
2019-02-07, added a PDF file to export (request by @IndrajeetPatil, #131).

19.9 0.1.5

2019-02-01, created a .zenodo.json to explicitly set editors as authors.

19.10 First release 0.1.0

2019-01-23, add details about requirements for packages running on all major platforms and added new section to package categories.
2019-01-22, add details to the guide for authors about the development stage at which to submit a package.
2018-12-21, inclusion of an explicit policy for conflict of interest (for reviewers and editors).
2018-12-18, added more guidance for editor on how to look for reviewers.
2018-12-04, onboarding was renamed Software Peer Review.

19.11 place-holder 0.0.1

Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the book.