Release preparation/0.4.2 (#470)

* Fix NEWS

* Fix links

* Update cran comments

* Set version

Author: Ilia-Kosenkov

DESCRIPTION

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: rextendr
 Title: Call Rust Code from R using the 'extendr' Crate
-Version: 0.4.1.9000
+Version: 0.4.2
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Claus O.",
              family = "Wilke",
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Description: Provides functions to compile and load Rust code from R, similar
     helper functions to create R packages that use Rust code. Under the hood,
     the Rust crate 'extendr' is used to do all the heavy lifting.
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
-URL: https://extendr.github.io/rextendr/, https://github.com/extendr/rextendr
+URL: https://extendr.rs/rextendr/, https://github.com/extendr/rextendr
 BugReports: https://github.com/extendr/rextendr/issues
 Depends:
     R (>= 4.1)

NEWS.md

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-# rextendr (development version)
+# rextendr 0.4.2
 
-* Sets the `extendr-api` version to the latest stable version instead of `"*"` when creating a new package. This is fetched from https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/extendr-api and will fall back to `"*"` if not available <https://github.com/extendr/rextendr/pull/467>
+* Sets the `extendr-api` version to the latest stable version instead of `"*"` when creating a new package. This is fetched from <https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/extendr-api> and will fall back to `"*"` if not available <https://github.com/extendr/rextendr/pull/467>
 * Adds `xz` to `SystemRequirements` to ensure extendr based packages build on Posit Package Manager <https://github.com/extendr/rextendr/pull/467>
-* Sets the release profile to use `lto=true` and `codegen-units=1` to ensure compatible builds with WebR as well as reduce the overall compiled package size <https://github.com/extendr/rextendr/pull/465>. 
+* Sets the release profile to use `lto=true` and `codegen-units=1` to ensure compatible builds with WebR as well as reduce the overall compiled package size <https://github.com/extendr/rextendr/pull/465>.
 * Fixes compatibility with WebR by adding `CARGO_PROFILE_DEV_PANIC="abort" CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_PANIC="abort"` when targeting `wasm32-unknown-emsacripten` target <https://github.com/extendr/rextendr/pull/461>
 
 # rextendr 0.4.1

cran-comments.md

@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-## Remarks on the previous version
-
-`rextendr` version `0.4.0` was submitted to CRAN but failed to pass some checks due to a complex testing suite, which is designed to support development process via GitHub Actions CI. As a result, `rextendr` has been temporarily removed from CRAN and CRAN checks might warn about this, e.g.:
-> X-CRAN-Comment: Archived on 2025-05-16 as issues were not corrected in time.
-
- We adjusted our tests to ensure that the package is CRAN-compliant.
-
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