diff --git a/.prepare4CRAN b/.prepare4CRAN
index 4384ef6..69096df 100644
--- a/.prepare4CRAN
+++ b/.prepare4CRAN
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ devtools::check(force_suggests = TRUE, incoming = TRUE, remote = TRUE, env_vars
 devtools::check_win_devel()
 
 # the next stage of ping-pong, either build on the standard platforms
+# NB: ensure that everything is commited; rhub runs on the code on GitHub!
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #rhub::rc_submit(platforms=c("linux", "windows", "macos", "macos-arm64"))
 rhub::rhub_check(platforms=c("linux", "windows", "macos", "macos-arm64"))
 # running github actions requires a personal access token: https://github.com/settings/profile
diff --git a/codemeta.json b/codemeta.json
index de19aee..06771a3 100644
--- a/codemeta.json
+++ b/codemeta.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "codeRepository": "https://github.com/sjentsch/jmvReadWrite",
   "issueTracker": "https://github.com/sjentsch/jmvReadWrite/issues",
   "license": "https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0",
-  "version": "0.4.7",
+  "version": "0.4.8",
   "programmingLanguage": {
     "@type": "ComputerLanguage",
     "name": "R",
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@
       "sameAs": "https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=jsonlite"
     },
     "3": {
+      "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
+      "identifier": "methods",
+      "name": "methods"
+    },
+    "4": {
       "@type": "SoftwareApplication",
       "identifier": "zip",
       "name": "zip",
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@
     },
     "SystemRequirements": null
   },
-  "fileSize": "801.311KB",
+  "fileSize": "913.378KB",
   "citation": [
     {
       "@type": "SoftwareSourceCode",
@@ -195,7 +200,7 @@
       ],
       "name": "jmvReadWrite: Read and Write jamovi Files",
       "url": "https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=jmvReadWrite",
-      "description": "R package version 0.4.7"
+      "description": "R package version 0.4.8"
     }
   ],
   "relatedLink": ["https://sjentsch.github.io/jmvReadWrite/", "https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=jmvReadWrite"],
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index c2166a4..995301f 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 # CRAN Notes - jmvReadWrite
 
 ## Current version
-0.4.7
-* added `transform_vars_omv`: apply transformations - calculating the square root, the logarithm to the base 10 or
-  an inversion - to make variables (better) conform to a normal contribution (incl. unit tests)
-* fixed small bugs in `read_omv` and `write_omv` to better handle variable labels
+0.4.8
+* added `distances_omv`: calculate a wide range of distance measures (either between variables or between units
+  of observation) on standardized or the original data
+* improved the treatment of factors and how they are stored
+* corrected a bug in the unit tests resulting from that R 4.5 (current development) begins to treat Date variables
+  as integers
 
 ## Test environments
 * `devtools::check()`
-  - local (Ubuntu 22.04, R 4.4 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu): 0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 notes
+  - local (Ubuntu 24.04, R 4.4 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu): 0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 notes
 * `rhub::rc_submit(platforms=c("linux", "windows", "macos", "macos-arm64"))`
   - linux (r-devel), windows (r-devel), macos (r-devel), macos-arm64 (r-devel):
     Status: OK for all four OSes