\name{NEWS}
\title{NEWS file for the \pkg{ShrinkCovMat} package}

\section{Changes in Version 2.1.0 (2025-10-05)}{
  \subsection{MINOR CHANGES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Simplified examples.}
    }
    }
    }

\section{Changes in Version 2.0.0 (2023-07-14)}{
  \subsection{NEW FEATURES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Added function \code{shrinkcovmat} to obtain the shrinkage estimates.}
      \item{Added vignette.}
      }
      }
  \subsection{MINOR CHANGES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Created NEWS.Rd.}
      \item{Compressed dataset to its optimal value.}
      \item{Fixed ORCID in DESCRIPTION.}
      \item{Improved package code coverage.}
      \item{Mitigating from Travis CI to GitHub Actions.}
      \item{Removed C++11 dependency.}
      \item{Updated CITATION.}
      \item{Updated documentation.}
    }
    }
    }
    


\section{Changes in Version 1.4.0 (2019-07-30)}{
  \subsection{MINOR CHANGES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Complied with CRAN Solaris requirements.}
      \item{Re-submitted to CRAN.}
      }
      }
      }


\section{Changes in Version 1.3.0 (2019-07-25)}{
  \subsection{NEW FEATURES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Added code coverage.}
      \item{Added \pkg{Rcpp} functionality.}
      \item{Created an S3 class for target selection.}
      \item{Introduced unit testing.}
    }
    }
  \subsection{MAJOR CHANGES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Fixed a bug thanks to Oyvind Bleka.}
    }
    }
  \subsection{MINOR CHANGES}{
    \itemize{    
      \item{Updated documentation.}
      \item{Updated examples.}
      \item{Updated README.}
      \item{Updated .travis.yml.}
    }
    }
    }


\section{Changes in Version 1.2.0 (2017-07-11)}{
  \subsection{NEW FEATURES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Added README.} 
    }
    }
  \subsection{MINOR CHANGES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Updated DESCRIPTION.}
      }
      }
      }


\section{Changes in Version 1.1.2 (2016-05-22)}{
  \subsection{MAJOR CHANGES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Fixed a bug in \code{shrinkcovmat.unequal} reported by Prof. Thomas A. Severini.}
      }
      }
  \subsection{MINOR CHANGES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Updated CITATION.}
      \item{Updated documentation.}
      \item{Updated R files.}
      }
      }
      }


\section{Changes in Version 1.1.1 (2015-09-08)}{
  \subsection{MINOR CHANGES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Updated email address of the maintainer.}
      }
      }
      }


\section{Changes in Version 1.1.0 (2015-01-08)}{
  \subsection{MINOR CHANGES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Updated CITATION.}
      }
      }
      }


\section{Changes in Version 1.0.3 (2014-11-02)}{
  \subsection{MINOR CHANGES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Created CITATION.}
      \item{Updated documentation.}
      }
      }
      }


\section{Changes in Version 1.0.2 (2014-10-20)}{
  \subsection{NEW FEATURES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Added function \code{targetselection}.
      }
      }
      }
  \subsection{MINOR CHANGES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Created CITATION.}
      \item{Updated documentation.}
      }
      }
      }


\section{Changes in Version 1.0.1 (2014-08-12)}{
  \subsection{MINOR CHANGES}{
    \itemize{
      \item{Created CITATION.}
      \item{Updated documentation.}
      }
      }
      }


\section{Changes in Version 1.0.0 (2014-04-17)}{
  \itemize{
    \item{The first version of the R package \pkg{ShrinkCovMat} is released on CRAN.}
    }
    }