Release Playbook

Pre-release Checklist

Run the full quality gate:

devtools::document()
devtools::test()
devtools::check()
devtools::spell_check()
urlchecker::url_check(".")

Optional Integration Confidence

If local Postgres is available:

export RPGCONN_RUN_DB_TESTS=true
export RPGCONN_TEST_CONN_STRING="postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres"

Then rerun:

devtools::test()

Release Metadata

Update these files every release: - DESCRIPTION (version) - NEWS.md (what changed) - cran-comments.md (submission context/check summary)

Website and Docs

Rebuild docs before publishing:

pkgdown::build_site()

Confirm: - all .qmd vignettes render - references in README/vignettes are current - no stale argument names

CRAN + GitHub Release

1. Submit to CRAN.
2. Tag release in GitHub.
3. Publish release notes using NEWS.md highlights.
4. Confirm pkgdown deploy workflow succeeds.