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R package washdata by katilingban — release notes from GitHub.

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washdata is a fixed survey dataset; eight years of releases have changed only its packaging.

open datawash surveysdata packagemaintenancecran
◆Current state
A data package distributing the Urban Water and Sanitation Survey, on CRAN since January 2018. No release has altered the data. The 2018 pair added survey country, year and aim to DESCRIPTION and fixed a README link; everything since — 2020, 2024 and the January 2026 release — is documentation, formatting, badges, repository refreshes and updates for a new rhub version.
◆Where it's heading
Nothing is heading anywhere, and for a dataset package that is the point: the value is a citable, unchanging artifact, and the release history exists to keep it installable as R's toolchain moves. The maintenance cadence matches the maintainer's other nutrition packages, which received the same repository-refresh treatment in the same period. Note also that the tags are backfilled out of order — v0.1.0 carries a later stamp than v0.1.2.
◆Prediction
Expect further releases only when CRAN checks or infrastructure require them; there is no indication the survey data itself will be extended.

◆Recent moves

  1. 6mo ago

    Repository and toolchain maintenance

    General maintenance: repository refresh, updates for a new rhub version, version badge fix. No change to the dataset or its documentation of substance.

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  2. 2y ago

    Documentation and formatting updates

    Documentation and formatting updates only.

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  3. 5y ago

    Second release: documentation and formatting

    The second release, again documentation and formatting. The data is unchanged from 2018.

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  4. 8y ago

    Pre-release of the survey dataset

    A pre-release of the survey dataset. Note the stamp is later than v0.1.2's despite the lower version — these tags were backfilled out of order.

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  5. 8y ago

    First CRAN release of the Urban Water and Sanitation Survey

    The first release after CRAN acceptance, adding the survey's country, year and aim to DESCRIPTION and fixing an invalid README link to Bangladesh slum population data. The only release that changed what a user learns from the package.

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