SOP_release.txt

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  #  Standard operating procedures for `stabs' development  #
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  Update ChangeLog
  ------------------

  Go to root directory of project:

    git log 809c..HEAD --pretty=short > ChangeLog


  Checking the package with latest development verstion of R
  ----------------------------------------------------------

  Get source from
    ftp://ftp.stat.math.ethz.ch/Software/R/

  UnTar and install according to guide in INSTALL (source directory).

  Go to mboost directory and call
    ../relative/path/to/R-devel/bin/R

  Run
    install.packages(c("parallel", "TH.data", "hdi", "glmnet", "lars", "mboost", 
                       "gamboostLSS", "testthat", "knitr", "rmarkdown"))

  Quit R and run
   ../relative/path/to/R-devel/bin/R CMD check --as-cran stabs_XXX.tar.gz


  Making a release
  ----------------

    Increase patch or minor level in DESCRIPTION
    Update Date: field in DESCRIPTION
    Update inst/NEWS.Rd
    Update ChangeLog
    Update README (especially Citation)

    R CMD build --resave-data --compact-vignettes . && R CMD check --as-cran stabs_XXX.tar.gz

    Run check with R-devel
    (see section "Checking the package with latest development version of R")

    If differences to .Rout.save occure:
       - Copy new .Rout files to .Rout.save:

       	    Rscript copy_Rout_to_Routsave.R "vignettes=FALSE"

       - Update vignette .Rout.save files if necessary

            Rscript copy_Rout_to_Routsave.R "vignettes=TRUE"
            
     Check differences manually. If ok commit to github, otherwise revert changes (see comment in script).

	 For details see
         http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Generate-Rout-save-files-for-vignettes-td4652752.html

    Gives no warnings / errors.

    Commit changes

    Now build package without test folder to be submitted to CRAN
        
        mv .RbuildignoreCRAN .Rbuildignore
        cd ..
        R CMD build --resave-data --compact-vignettes="gs+qpdf" stabs && R CMD check --as-cran --run-donttest stabs_XXX.tar.gz
        git checkout -- .RbuildignoreCRAN .Rbuildignore

    Ftp source package to CRAN or use web form at http://xmpalantir.wu.ac.at/cransubmit/.