preparing new cran release 0.5.6

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[x] #276

pre-release

[x] Make sure you adhere to CRAN submission policy:
- https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/submission_checklist.html
- https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html.
[ ] Make sure that high priority bugs (label "priority" + "bug") have been resolved before going into the release.
[ ] Review old/hanging PRs before going into the release (Optional).
[ ] Revisit R-package's lifecycle badges (Optional).
[ ] Make sure that all upstream dependencies of this package that need to be submitted to CRAN were accepted before going into release activities.
[ ] Make sure integration tests are green 2-3 days before the release. Look carefully through logs (check for warnings and notes).
[ ] Decide what gets merged in before starting release activities.

release

Prepare the release

[ ] Create a new release candidate branch git checkout -b release-candidate-vX.Y.Z
[x] Update NEWS.md file: make sure it reflects a holistic summary of what has changed in the package.
[x] Remove the additional fields (Remotes) from the DESCRIPTION file where applicable.
[ ] Make sure that the minimum dependency versions are updated in the DESCRIPTION file for the package and its reverse dependencies (Optional).
- [ ] Increase versioned dependency on {package name} to >=X.Y.Z (Optional).

[x] Commit your changes and create the PR on GitHub (add "[skip vbump]" in the PR title). Add all updates, commit, and push changes:

# Make the necessary modifications to your files
# Stage the changes
git add <files your modified>
# Commit the changes
git commit -m "[skip vbump] <Your commit message>"
git push origin release-candidate-vX.Y.Z`

Test the release

[ ] Execute the manual tests on Shiny apps that are deployed on various hosting providers (Posit connect and shinyapps.io) - track the results in GitHub issue (Applicable only for frameworks that use Shiny).
[ ] Monitor integration tests, if integration fails, create priority issues on the board.
[ ] Execute UAT tests (Optional).

CRAN submission

[x] Tag the update(s) as a release candidate vX.Y.Z-rc (e.g. v0.5.3-rc1) on the release candidate branch (release-candidate-vX.Y.Z).

# Create rc tag for submission for internal validation
git tag vX.Y.Z-rc<iteration number>
git push origin vX.Y.Z-rc<iteration number>

[x] Build the package locally using the command:R CMD build . which will generate a .tar.gz file necessary for the CRAN submission.
[x] Submit the package to https://win-builder.r-project.org/upload.aspx for testing, for more details please see "Building and checking R source packages for Windows": https://win-builder.r-project.org/.
[x] Once tested, send the package that was built in the previous steps to CRAN via this form: https://cran.r-project.org/submit.html.
[ ] Address CRAN feedback, tag the package vX.Y.Z-rc(n+1) and repeat the submission to CRAN whenever necessary.
[ ] Get the package accepted and published on CRAN.

Tag the release

[ ] If the additional fields were removed, add them back in a separate PR, and then merge the PR back to main (add "[skip vbump]" in the PR title). If nothing was removed just merge the PR you created in the "Prepare the release" section to 'main'. Note the commit hash of the merged commit. Note: additional commits might be added to the main branch by a bot or an automation - we do NOT want to tag this commit.

Make sure of the following before continuing

[x] CI checks are passing in GH before releasing the package.
[ ] Shiny apps are deployable and there are no errors/warnings (Applicable only for frameworks that use Shiny).
[x] Create a git tag with the final version set to vX.Y.Z on the main branch. In order to do this:
1. Checkout the commit hash. git checkout <commit hash>
2. Tag the hash with the release version (vX.Y.Z). git tag vX.Y.Z
3. Push the tag to make the final release. git push origin vX.Y.Z
[x] Update downstream package dependencies to (>=X.Y.Z) in {package name}. Note: Once the release tag is created, the package is automatically published to internal repositories.

post-release

[x] Ensure that CRAN checks are passing for the package.
[ ] Make sure that the package is published to internal repositories.
[x] Make sure internal documentation is up to date.
[x] Review and update installation instructions for the package wherever needed (Optional).
[x] Announce the release on ____.

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preparing new cran release 0.5.6 #265

Prepare the release

Test the release

CRAN submission

Tag the release

Make sure of the following before continuing