diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index b287d2e30..19f146a49 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # version 1.0-16
 
+* fix `st_sample()` when polygon crosses the antemeridian; #2331
+
+* clean up and modernization of S3 registration of methods and tests; #2285, #2288, #2316, #2341, #2342, by @olivroy
+
 * `[.sfc` works when setting argument `op`; #2320
 
 * `st_sample()` for polygons is sensitive to setting `oriented = TRUE` to prevent wrongly correcting ring directions; #2308
diff --git a/tests/roundtrip.Rout.save b/tests/roundtrip.Rout.save
index a54563d14..5989d1931 100644
--- a/tests/roundtrip.Rout.save
+++ b/tests/roundtrip.Rout.save
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-R version 4.3.1 (2023-06-16) -- "Beagle Scouts"
-Copyright (C) 2023 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
+R version 4.3.3 (2024-02-29) -- "Angel Food Cake"
+Copyright (C) 2024 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
 Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
 
 R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
@@ -83,10 +83,7 @@ attr(,"package")
 + 
 + detach("package:sp")
 + }
-Warning message:
-In CPL_crs_from_input(x) :
-  GDAL Message 1: +init=epsg:XXXX syntax is deprecated. It might return a CRS with a non-EPSG compliant axis order.
 > 
 > proc.time()
    user  system elapsed 
-  1.666   0.736   1.524 
+  1.185   1.259   0.945 
diff --git a/tests/sfc.Rout.save b/tests/sfc.Rout.save
index c8d96d8fa..f57fbdb92 100644
--- a/tests/sfc.Rout.save
+++ b/tests/sfc.Rout.save
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-R version 4.3.1 (2023-06-16) -- "Beagle Scouts"
-Copyright (C) 2023 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
+R version 4.3.3 (2024-02-29) -- "Angel Food Cake"
+Copyright (C) 2024 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
 Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
 
 R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ use `st_zm(...)` to coerce to XY dimensions
 > 
 > sf_extSoftVersion()[1:3]
     GEOS     GDAL   proj.4 
-"3.11.1"  "3.6.4"  "9.1.1" 
+"3.12.1"  "3.8.3"  "9.3.1" 
 > 
 > # Ops.sfc:
 > ls = st_sfc(st_linestring(rbind(c(0,0),c(0,1))))
@@ -437,7 +437,6 @@ Classes 'sf' and 'data.frame':	100 obs. of  15 variables:
  - attr(*, "sf_column")= chr "geometry"
  - attr(*, "agr")= Factor w/ 3 levels "constant","aggregate",..: NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ...
   ..- attr(*, "names")= chr [1:14] "AREA" "PERIMETER" "CNTY_" "CNTY_ID" ...
- - attr(*, ".sf_namespace")=function ()  
 > bb = st_as_sfc(st_bbox(nc))
 > format(st_bbox(nc))
 [1] "((-84.32385,33.88199),(-75.45698,36.58965))"
@@ -699,7 +698,7 @@ POINT (76.1712 32.1029)
 > x = st_sfc(st_polygon(list(rbind(c(-180,-90),c(180,-90),c(180,90),c(-180,90),c(-180,-90)))),
 +  crs=st_crs(4326))
 > #FIXME:
-> # if (sf_extSoftVersion()["proj.4"] >= "4.9.0") # lwgeom breaks on this
+> # if (sf_extSoftVersion()[["proj.4"]] >= "4.9.0") # lwgeom breaks on this
 > #   (p <- st_sample(x, 10))
 > pt = st_multipoint(matrix(1:20,,2))
 > st_sample(p, 3)
@@ -1089,4 +1088,4 @@ CRS:           NA
 > 
 > proc.time()
    user  system elapsed 
-  4.676   0.117   4.784 
+  5.127   1.392   5.019 
diff --git a/tests/spatstat.Rout.save b/tests/spatstat.Rout.save
index 6a9f289a5..3df877316 100644
--- a/tests/spatstat.Rout.save
+++ b/tests/spatstat.Rout.save
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-R version 4.3.2 (2023-10-31) -- "Eye Holes"
-Copyright (C) 2023 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
+R version 4.3.3 (2024-02-29) -- "Angel Food Cake"
+Copyright (C) 2024 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
 Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
 
 R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
@@ -125,8 +125,8 @@ Type 'q()' to quit R.
 + (y = st_as_sfc(as.psp(sf)))
 + all.equal(st_geometry(x), y)
 + }
-spatstat.geom 3.2-5
-spatstat.random 3.1-6
+spatstat.geom 3.2-9
+spatstat.random 3.2-3
 Simple feature collection with 51 features and 1 field
 Geometry type: GEOMETRY
 Dimension:     XY
@@ -166,4 +166,4 @@ In st_as_sfc.owin(spatstat.geom::as.owin(x)) :
 > 
 > proc.time()
    user  system elapsed 
-  2.039   1.402   1.935 
+  2.012   1.340   1.846 
diff --git a/tests/stars.Rout.save b/tests/stars.Rout.save
index 9768f4b09..f133723c2 100644
--- a/tests/stars.Rout.save
+++ b/tests/stars.Rout.save
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
-R version 4.3.1 (2023-06-16) -- "Beagle Scouts"
-Copyright (C) 2023 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
+R version 4.3.3 (2024-02-29) -- "Angel Food Cake"
+Copyright (C) 2024 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
 Platform: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu (64-bit)
 
 R is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Geometry set for 20 features
 Geometry type: POINT
 Dimension:     XY
 Bounding box:  xmin: 1 ymin: 1 xmax: 5 ymax: 4
-Geodetic CRS:  WGS 84
+Geodetic CRS:  WGS 84 (CRS84)
 First 5 geometries:
 POINT (1 1)
 POINT (1 2)
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Geometry set for 20 features
 Geometry type: POLYGON
 Dimension:     XY
 Bounding box:  xmin: 0.5 ymin: 0.5 xmax: 5.5 ymax: 4.5
-Geodetic CRS:  WGS 84
+Geodetic CRS:  WGS 84 (CRS84)
 First 5 geometries:
 POLYGON ((0.5 0.5, 0.5 1.5, 1.5 1.5, 1.5 0.5, 0...
 POLYGON ((0.5 1.5, 0.5 2.5, 1.5 2.5, 1.5 1.5, 0...
@@ -261,4 +261,4 @@ First 10 features:
 > 
 > proc.time()
    user  system elapsed 
-  1.870   0.111   1.970 
+  2.705   3.789   2.027