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GH-51656: [R] Polish NEWS.md and README for 26.0.0 - #51657

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Rationale for this change

Update NEWS and README for release

What changes are included in this PR?

Update NEWS and README for release

Are these changes tested?

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Are there any user-facing changes?

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Copilot AI balanced review requested due to automatic review settings September 30, 2026 12:41
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Copilot review overview

🟡 Changes recommended

Several user-facing statements overstate or inaccurately describe IPC terminology, Azure dependencies, and thread safety.

Review effort: Balanced
Findings: 3 Low severity

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What changed in this PR

Updates R release documentation for 26.0.0.

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  • Adds release notes for new features, deprecations, and fixes.
  • Documents Azure Blob Storage and Arrow IPC support.
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r/​README.md Updates supported formats and cloud storage.
r/​NEWS.md Adds 26.0.0 release highlights.

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🟡 Changes recommended

The NEWS incorrectly states that Azure is enabled by default for Linux source builds.

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A few minor rearranging proposals in the minor fixes section

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Comment on lines +54 to +55
- `register_scalar_function()` now checks that the names in `in_type` match
the arguments of `fun`, instead of silently ignoring them (#37761).

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This might be more than a minor improvement, IMO. At the very least, it might be good to be at the top fo the list?

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I see what you're saying but we order them by first function named as per tidyverse style stuff

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Will put in breaking changes

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the arguments of `fun`, instead of silently ignoring them (#37761).
- `str_replace()` with an `NA` replacement now returns `NA` for matched
elements, matching stringr (@Gosling-dude, #33432).
- `summarise()` after `arrange()` now works (#45373).

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Same with this, this seems bigger than (the last item of) minor improvements

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🟢 Approval recommended

The documentation accurately reflects the implemented and tested R changes.

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The documentation accurately reflects the implemented R functionality.

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