1.2.1 release

[dsweber2]

• git pull on dev branch.
• Make sure all changes are committed and pushed.
• Check current CRAN check results.
• devtools::check(".", manual = TRUE, env_vars = c(NOT_CRAN = "false")).
  • Aim for 10/10, no notes.
• If check works well enough, merge to main. Otherwise open a PR to fix up.
• Polish NEWS.
  • Some guidelines.
• git checkout main
• git pull
• urlchecker::url_check().
  • This may choke on the MIT license url, and that's ok.
• devtools::build_readme()
• devtools::check_win_devel()
• Have maintainer ("cre" in description) check email for problems.
• revdepcheck::revdep_check(num_workers = 4).
  • This may choke, it is very sensitive to the binary versions of packages on a given system. Either bypass or ask someone else to run it if you're concerned.
• Update cran-comments.md
• PR with any changes (and go through the list again) into dev and run through the list again.

Submit to CRAN:

• devtools::submit_cran().
• Maintainer approves email.

Wait for CRAN...

• If accepted 🎉, move to next steps. If rejected, fix and resubmit.
• Open and merge a PR containing any updates made to main back to dev.
• usethis::use_github_release(publish = FALSE) (publish off, otherwise it won't push) will create a draft release based on the commit hash in CRAN-SUBMISSION and push a tag to the GitHub repo.
• Go to the repo, verify the release notes, and publish when ready.