According to rworks dot dev, CRAN—the Comprehensive R Archive Network, the official repository for the R programming language—is overwhelmed with package submissions. With thousands of packages now available, the repository faces mounting pressure on quality control and discoverability. Developers struggle to find what they need amid the volume, while the review process can't keep pace with the rate of submissions.

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