powerly release v1.7.0

Features

• Add summary S3 method support for Validation class objects.

Improvements

• Add new R version to the CI pipeline for the R CMD check job.

• Update R CMD check workflow to use check action from r-lib/actions.

• Add explicit .data and .env pronoun calls (i.e., from the rlang package) to variables used inside data-masking function (e.g., ggplot2::aes()) to avoid CRAN notes regarding missing bindings for global variables. See this question for more information: https://stackoverflow.com/q/9439256/5252007.

• Update plot functions to respect the signature of the S3 plot generic.

• Improve documentation and positioning of figures in the help pages.

• Create roxygen2 templates for documenting the public API and S3 methods.

• Extract plot() methods from R6 classes into standalone S3 methods.

• Update package start-up logo with message to welcome and encourage users to submit ideas for improving the package.

• Extend CI workflow to include branch dev.

• Fix preprint URL in package documentation.

• Fix heading typo in news file.

Bug fixes

• Fix backend test where the cluster would contain an unexpected .Random.seed. The .Random.seed is caused by loading the bootnet package which in turn loads the snow package. The snow package uses the RNG within the .onLoad() function to draw from the uniform distribution and set a port number. The result of this operation is a .Random.seed in the .GlobalEnv. For more information see: https://stackoverflow.com/q/69866215/5252007 and SachaEpskamp/bootnet#82.