[ARROW-15366] [Docs] Automate incrementing of package version for R and non-R version switchers

• Type: Sub-task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.2, 8.0.0
• Component/s: Documentation
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/30850
• Assignee: Nicola Crane
• Reporter: Nicola Crane
• Created: 19/Jan/22 14:30
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:36
• Resolved: 03/Feb/22 04:50

Description

Automate the updating of the version numbers in r/pkgdown/assets/versions.json with dev/release/utils-prepare.sh, and add a test confirming the update at dev/release/01-prepare-test.rb.

Issue Links

• is related to: ARROW-14338 [Docs] Add version dropdown to the pkgdown (R) docs
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #12212