lifecycle

What problem does it solve?

Addresses the need to apply tidyverse lifecycle principles to manage function and argument lifecycles in R packages, including setup, deprecation, renaming, and experimentation status.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Setup infrastructure for lifecycle in an R package and integrate with the lifecycle package.
• Apply deprecation workflows across functions and arguments (soft deprecation, deprecation, and defunct stages) and manage stage transitions (stable, experimental, deprecated, superseded).
• Use lifecycle badges in package documentation to communicate status to users and developers.
• Provide guidance and examples for renaming functions, superseding old APIs, and writing deprecation helpers, plus testing deprecations.

Quick Start

Run the recommended setup to initialize lifecycle tooling in your R package.