diff --git a/content/blog/2022-08-26-ropensci-news-digest-august-2022/index.Rmd b/content/blog/2022-08-26-ropensci-news-digest-august-2022/index.Rmd index a028c5bee..a8e5ec54f 100644 --- a/content/blog/2022-08-26-ropensci-news-digest-august-2022/index.Rmd +++ b/content/blog/2022-08-26-ropensci-news-digest-august-2022/index.Rmd @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ date: '2022-08-26' slug: ropensci-news-digest-august-2022 tags: - newsletter -description: Co-working sessions resume; New package and package news +description: Co-working sessions resume; New pkgcheck check; New package and package news params: last_newsletter: '2022-07-22' --- @@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ Consult our [Events](/events) page to find your local time and how to join. Find out about more [events](/events). +### New pkgcheck check for undocumented return values + +Our [pkgcheck checks](https://docs.ropensci.org/pkgcheck) now include an additional check that all functions have documented return values. +This check is [run on all new CRAN submissions](https://github.com/DavisVaughan/extrachecks), yet is not currently implemented on any other standard check systems (including R CMD check). +Checking your packages with pkgcheck will now catch any functions which do not document return values, like in [the report on this recent submission](https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/554#issuecomment-1224053977). +All current checks are also listed in [a new vignette](https://docs.ropensci.org/pkgcheck/articles/list-checks.html). + ## Software :package: ### New packages