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                CHANGES IN R VERSION 1.0.0


SIGNIFICANT USER-VISIBLE CHANGES

    o   Dropped compatibility for anything less than R-2.15 as
        no longer able to test against previous versions of R.


NEW FEATURES

    o   After almost a decade, now has a production release number.

    o   Added SVN revision information to many of the package files.

    o   Added COPYRIGHTS file in Debian standard, machine-readable format.

    o   Added manpage for package itself.


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                CHANGES IN R VERSION 0.9.4


BUG FIXES

    o   Switch to BSD 3-clause license for entire package by request of
	CRAN maintainer.


                CHANGES IN R VERSION 0.9.3


NEW FEATURES

    o   Use packageStartupMessage() in .onAttach() namespace hook methods.

    o   Revamp of internal R code to use sprintf() for error messages.

    o   Fixed makesig() so that SIGNAL.ALL now works.


BUG FIXES

    o   Converted NEWS file into something R can recognize.


                CHANGES IN R VERSION 0.9.2


BUG FIXES

    o   Conform to current packaging guidelines concerning license by request
	of CRAN maintainer.


                CHANGES IN R VERSION 0.9.1


NEW FEATURES

    o   Replaced platform-specific aspects of package with generic equivalents.

    o   Miscellaneous updates.


                CHANGES IN R VERSION 0.9.0


SIGNIFICANT USER-VISIBLE CHANGES

    o   Initial release to CRAN.