From de6aa831723751d9b0b2c0e9d7d124c4be79d4b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sharon Machlis Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 19:45:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ggplot2 is a lot older than 10 years, and I suggest referencing the major new version after saying 'ggplot2 itself changes relatively little' since there's been a significant change --- README.Rmd | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd index 436ed3dd84..c50439fc34 100644 --- a/README.Rmd +++ b/README.Rmd @@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ ggplot(mpg, aes(displ, hwy, colour = class)) + [![lifecycle](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-stable-brightgreen.svg)](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html) -ggplot2 is now over 10 years old and is used by hundreds of thousands of people to make millions of plots. That means, by-and-large, ggplot2 itself changes relatively little. When we do make changes, they will be generally to add new functions or arguments rather than changing the behaviour of existing functions, and if we do make changes to existing behaviour we will do them for compelling reasons. +ggplot2 is now 18 years old and is used by hundreds of thousands of people to make millions of plots. That means, by-and-large, ggplot2 itself changes relatively little. When we do make changes, they will be generally to add new functions or arguments rather than changing the behaviour of existing functions, and if we do make changes to existing behaviour we will do them for compelling reasons. + +For information about the major new 4.0.0 version, see the tidyverse blog post [ggplot2 4.0.0](https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09/ggplot2-4-0-0/) If you are looking for innovation, look to ggplot2's rich ecosystem of extensions. See a community maintained list at . From c86202f9b96d54ced806173c990c2b6cc5be06d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sharon Machlis Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 09:55:35 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Removed last paragraph from README and rebuilt as requested --- README.Rmd | 2 -- README.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd index c50439fc34..0c744d5e55 100644 --- a/README.Rmd +++ b/README.Rmd @@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ ggplot(mpg, aes(displ, hwy, colour = class)) + ggplot2 is now 18 years old and is used by hundreds of thousands of people to make millions of plots. That means, by-and-large, ggplot2 itself changes relatively little. When we do make changes, they will be generally to add new functions or arguments rather than changing the behaviour of existing functions, and if we do make changes to existing behaviour we will do them for compelling reasons. -For information about the major new 4.0.0 version, see the tidyverse blog post [ggplot2 4.0.0](https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2025/09/ggplot2-4-0-0/) - If you are looking for innovation, look to ggplot2's rich ecosystem of extensions. See a community maintained list at . ## Learning ggplot2 diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5943cdb4c7..265c34c658 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ ggplot(mpg, aes(displ, hwy, colour = class)) + [![lifecycle](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-stable-brightgreen.svg)](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html) -ggplot2 is now over 10 years old and is used by hundreds of thousands of +ggplot2 is now 18 years old and is used by hundreds of thousands of people to make millions of plots. That means, by-and-large, ggplot2 itself changes relatively little. When we do make changes, they will be generally to add new functions or arguments rather than changing the