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Join us at the online R Dev Day @ LatinR 2024! We'll collaborate on contributions to the code, documentation & translations of base R in two sessions, 18 and 19 November, 17:30 - 20:00 (UTC-3). Free and open registration: latinr.org/en/cronograma/… #RStats #LatinR2024 #RDevDay

#rstats R version 4.4.2 "Pile of Leaves" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.)

2 days left to register for this Dev Day (and SIP 2024 if you want to go to that too!) #RStats

New #RStats blog post from Tomas Kalibera: Long Input Lines. blog.r-project.org/2024/08/30/lon…

Final chance to share your opinions on useR! 2024 in the Forwards survey. We have close to 300 responses, but it would be great to have input from as many people as possible! Survey closes midnight CEST 31 July: rfoundation.limequery.com/153438

If you have R package development experience and would like to share your thoughts on the CRAN submission process, please fill this short survey from the CRAN Cookbook project 🍴 📝 Survey: forms.gle/umdew9KHWeQSeh… 📢 Project announcement: linkedin.com/pulse/improvin…

PSA: All #rstats package on #cran will get an official DOI! This will facilitate bibliometrics and giving credit to R package authors. Registering all 20,000+ packages will still take a few more days. But the first couple of thousand are already live. Example:

(Mac users: The binaries for Macs will be delayed by a couple of days because Simon Urbanek is traveling.)

#rstats R version 4.4.1 "Race for Your Life" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.) Dedicated to the memory of Fritz Leisch. He was fond of riding his motorcycle, which is reflected in the nickname.

New #RStats blog entry from Tomasz Kalinowski, Michael Lawrence, Martin Maechler, Davis Vaughan, Hadley Wickham, and Luke Tierney: Generalizing Support for Functional OOP in R. blog.r-project.org/2024/05/17/gen…

New #rstats blog entry. Our statement on vulnerability report CVE-2024-27322. blog.r-project.org/2024/05/10/sta…

We are deeply sorry to announce that our friend and colleague Friedrich (Fritz) Leisch has died. Read our tribute to Fritz on the R project web site. r-project.org/doc/obit/fritz…

#rstats R version 4.4.0 "Puppy Cup" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.)

📢R Dev Day @ Imperial, London, UK; Fri 26 Apr Collaborative event for current/aspiring contributors to base #RStats Free and open registration, until Sun 14 Apr pretix.eu/r-contributors… Coffee & lunch thanks to @jumping_uk and @ImperialRSE + 40% #SatRdays London discount.

Reminder that the deadline for applications to this event is end of day Sunday March 24 (anywhere on earth) #RStats

On the 6th anniversary of R-1.0.0, #rstats R version 4.3.3 "Angel Food Cake" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.)

📢 R Dev Day @ PLUS, Salzburg, Austria on Fri 12 July Collaborative event for novice & experienced contributors to base #RStats. Places allocated by application, deadline Sun March 24, 2024. contributor.r-project.org/r-dev-day-plus…

#rstats R version 4.3.2 "Eye Holes" (source version) has been released. (You can find it in cran.r-project.org/src/base/R-4/, or wait for CRAN to be updated.)

#RSprint2023 is happening this week! 12 members of the R Core Team plus 46 community contributors will collaborate on contributions to the R project. #RStats Activity tracking: github.com/r-devel/r-proj…. Report-back Thu, Aug 31, at 16:00 UTC: meetup.com/warwickrug/eve….