Release pkgbuild 1.4.0

[gaborcsardi]

Prepare for release:

• [x] git pull
• [x] Check current CRAN check results
• [x] Check if any deprecation processes should be advanced, as described in Gradual deprecation
• [x] Polish NEWS
• [x] urlchecker::url_check()
• [x] devtools::check(remote = TRUE, manual = TRUE)
• [x] devtools::check_win_devel()
• [x] rhub::check_for_cran()
• [x] revdepcheck::revdep_check(num_workers = 8)
• [x] Update cran-comments.md
• [x] git push
• [x] Draft blog post
• [x] Slack link to draft blog in #open-source-comms

Submit to CRAN:

• [x] usethis::use_version('minor')
• [x] devtools::submit_cran()
• [x] Approve email

Wait for CRAN...

• [x] Accepted :tada:
• [x] git push
• [x] usethis::use_github_release()
• [x] usethis::use_dev_version()
• [x] git push
• [x] Finish blog post
• [x] Tweet
• [x] Add link to blog post in pkgdown news menu