In general, is it likely that most functions which have been moved to rlib
packages e.g. withr
, callr
, remotes
, usethis
etc will be eventually be deprecated from devtools
? If not, what is the overall strategy? For example, could these packages end up going the way of the tidyverse
, with devtools
becoming a metapackage which contains them?
Other than keeping an eye on actively maintained RStudio packages (e.g. those in the tidyverse
) and closely following the NEWS.md updates for the various r-lib
projects, what are the good ways to keep in touch with best practice for package development in R and the way the tooling is headed?