Release valr 0.8.3

[jayhesselberth]

Todo:

• remove rtracklayer dependency and use lifecycle::deprecate_stop() for read_bigwig() and read_gtf() (external library throwing gcc-ASAN errors #422 )

Prepare for release:

• git pull
• Check current CRAN check results
• Polish NEWS
• usethis::use_github_links()
• urlchecker::url_check()
• devtools::build_readme()
• devtools::check(remote = TRUE, manual = TRUE)
• devtools::check_win_devel()
• revdepcheck::revdep_check(num_workers = 4)
• Update cran-comments.md
• git push

Submit to CRAN:

• usethis::use_version('patch')
• devtools::submit_cran()
• Approve email

Wait for CRAN...

• Accepted 🎉
• usethis::use_github_release()
• usethis::use_dev_version(push = TRUE)

[kriemo]

Thanks for starting this release. I’ll submit to CRAN after the holidays (the submissions are closed from dec. 23 – jan 7th).

[jayhesselberth]

I have a replacement for read_bigwig(). I will deposit on CRAN but the timing may not line up with including in the next release.

https://github.com/rnabioco/cpp11bigwig

[jayhesselberth]

cpp11bigwig was accepted by CRAN and should be online today. I can update to add as a dependency, and then we can proceed with this submission.