Replace drat mention in README with r-universe#1431
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This PR updates the README documentation to replace instructions for installing release candidates from the drat repository with the r-universe page, which provides automatic updates.
- Updates installation instructions to use r-universe instead of the deprecated drat repository
- Improves clarity of the release candidate installation section
- Minor grammar fix in the testing recommendation
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| File | Description |
|---|---|
| README.md | Updates the "Release Candidates" section to replace drat repository references with r-universe installation instructions |
| ChangeLog | Documents the README.md changes in the project changelog |
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This short PR replaces the brief mention of the drat repo (which we no longer consistently update) with mention of the r-universe page (which updates automatically) that more or less does the same.
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R CMD checkstill passes all tests