ChangeLog

2024-11-16  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION (Authors@R): Added

2024-04-30  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* .github/workflows/ci.yaml (jobs): Update to actions/checkout@v4,
	add r-ci-setup actions

2023-08-22  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* README.md: Update README for 'no-longer-on-CRAN'

2023-01-07  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): Release 0.0.18
	* configure.ac: Idem
	* configure: Idem

2022-12-26  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): Roll minor version
	* configure.ac: Idem
	* configure: Idem

	* src/global_data.cc: Switch multiple sprintf() to snprintf()
	* src/parse_regressor.cc: Idem
	* src/gd.cc: Switch once to snprintf() (and once to strncpy())
	* src/parser.cc: No longer permit 'multisource' or 'global.daemon'
	options and hence no longer enter daemon mode

	* cleanup: Also remove package check directory if present

2022-12-01  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* .github/workflows/ci.yaml (jobs): Update to actions/checkout@v3

2022-10-03  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): Release 0.0.17
	* configure.ac: Idem
	* configure: Idem

	* R/vw.R (vw): Get data location via function and not a constant
	which serializes data path -- thanks to Tomas Kalibera for the hint
	* DESCRIPTION (StagedInstall): No longer needed

2022-01-01  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* README.md: Remove unused continuous integration artifact and badge

2021-10-11  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): Release 0.0.16
	* configure.ac: Idem

	* src/v_array.h (push_many): Protect one null pointer operation

2021-10-09  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* configure.ac: Updated via 'autoupdate' and 'autoreconf
	--warnings=obsolete' to bring to autoconf 2.69 standards
	* configure: Idem

	* man/vw.Rd: Updated one URL to https
	* DESCRIPTION: Idem

2021-06-01  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION (URL): Add repo to URL field

2021-01-18  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

        * .github/workflows/ci.yaml: Add CI runner using r-ci
	* README.md: Add new badge

2020-08-03  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): Release 0.0.15
	* configure: Idem

	* src/cache.cc: Converted several casts to memcpy() call to appease ubsan
	* src/hasg.cc: Idem
	* src/simple_label.cc: Idem

	* .Rbuildignore: Skip inst/test/train-sets/0002.dat for smaller package
	* test/test5.r: Idem
	* test/test6.r: Idem
	* test/test7.r: Idem
	* test/test8.r: Idem

2020-07-27  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* src/sender.cc: Renamed variable from 'thread' to 'threads' to not
	confuse poor Solaris, and make it 'extern' while we are at it

2020-06-13  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): Release 0.0.14

	* DESCRIPTION (URL): Updated to https://vowpalwabbit.org/

	* src/vw.cc: Replace obsoleted ftime() calls with gettimeofday() at the
	request of CRAN, thanks to Brian Ripley for the gettimeofday() hint
	* src/bfgs.cc: Idem
	* src/accumulate.cc: Idem

	* configure.ac: Renamed from configure.in, also retired long-obsolete Rcpp
	linker flags check, commented out two more lines
	* configure: Regenerated

	* README.md: Add 'last commit' badge, also mention rvw-org/rvw and
	vowpalwabbit.org

	* .travis.yml: Switch to 'bionic' and R 4.0.0

2019-06-19  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION (Author): Use name without email as in other packages

2019-02-21  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): Release 0.0.13

	* DESCRIPTION: Set 'StagedInstall: no' to accomodate R 3.6.0

2018-09-02  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* .travis.yml: Minor update

2018-02-01  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): Release 0.0.12

	* src/active_interactor.cc: Minor edit to squash g++ warning
	* src/bfgs.cc: Idem

2018-01-30  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* tests/test1.r: Output written by -f to be witin tempdir() [CRAN]
	* tests/test5.r: Idem
	* tests/test7.r: Idem
	* demo/vw.R: Idem
	* man/vw.Rd: Idem (in example)

2018-01-23  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): Release 0.0.11

	* tests/test1.r: Set --cache_file to be witin tempdir() [CRAN request]
	* tests/test2.r: Idem
	* tests/test5.r: Idem
	* tests/test6.r: Idem
	* tests/test8.r: Idem
	* demo/vw.R: Idem
	* man/vw.Rd: Idem (in example)

2017-12-12  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): Release 0.0.10

	* man/vw.Rd: Refer to some files directly [CRAN request]
	* tests/test1.r: Idem
	* tests/test2.r: Idem
	* tests/test5.r: Idem
	* tests/test6.r: Idem
	* tests/test7.r: Idem
	* tests/test8.r: Idem
	* demo/vw.R: Idem

2017-03-05  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION (Version, Date): Release 0.0.9

	* src/R_vw.cpp (Rvw): Simplified via Rcpp Attributes
	* R/vw.R (vw): Now calls auto-exported function

	* src/init.c (R_init_RVowpalWabbit): Call R_registerRoutines() and
	R_useDynamicSymbols()

	* NAMESPACE: Use .registration=TRUE on useDynLib

	* .travis.yml: Switch to using run.sh for Travis CI

2016-10-16  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION: Version 0.0.8

	* tests/test2.r: Write prediction to tempdir() not /tmp
	* tests/test6.r: Ditto
	* tests/test8.r: Ditto

2016-07-17  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION: Version 0.0.7

	* src/allreduce.cc (all_reduce_init): Use ::bind()
	* src/parse_regressor.cc (save_predictor): Use delete[] with new[]

2015-10-12  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* src/R_vw.cpp: Comment-out gd.h header which is not needed

2015-10-11  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* .travis.yml: Updated to use sudo, and install Rcpp via apt

2015-10-10  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* src/lda_core.cc: Do not use #warning as it is gcc specific

	* src/parser.cc: Replace rand() with drand48() [properly scaled]
	* src/parse_regressor.cc: Ditto

2015-10-09  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION: Updates to DESCRIPTION (per R CMD check)
	* NAMESPACE: Ditto

2014-01-07  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION: Version 0.0.6

	* configure.in: Update autoconf macros ax_boost_base and
	ax_boost_program_options to current versions in order to also find
	Boost libraries in /usr/lib/${ARCH}/ under current Debian / Ubuntu

	* config.guess: Added to keep configure happy
	* config.sub: Idem
	* install-sh: Idem

	* src/bfgs.cc: Switch from isnan() to ISNAN() (defined by R) to
	permit compilation under `-std=c++11` where isnan() is also defined.
	* src/gd.cc: Idem
	* src/parse_example.cc: Idem

2012-05-20  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* DESCRIPTION: Version 0.0.5

	* src/*: Massively invasive changes to get rid of stdout, stderr,
	std::cout, std::cerr and exit() as now required by CRAN

	* configure.in: Changed per CRAN request ever where this conflicts
	with preferences by upstream: no more -ffast-math and -march=native

	* cleanup: Also remove src/symbols.rds

2012-05-13  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* src/*: Added 'unistd.h' and 'cstring' includes to a number of files
	to permit compilation under g++-4.7

2011-09-27  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* configure.in: Do not set 'march=nocona' on g++ 4.2 as it upsets the
	ppc architecture builds on OS X

	* cleanup: Also remove autom4te.cache

2011-09-25  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

        * DESCRIPTION: Set Version: to 0.0.4

	* src/*: Updated to current version of vowpal's git repo

2011-09-23  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* src/*: Updated to current version of vowpal's git repo
	which includes fixes for isnan not compiling on OS X

2011-09-22  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* src/R_vw.cpp: Cast total_features to double

	* configure.in: More cleanup / reindentation

2011-09-21  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* configure.in: Also look for dylib versions of the
	Boost.Program_Options library to better support OS X

2011-09-20  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

        * DESCRIPTION: Set Version: to 0.0.3

	* src/*: Updated to current version of vowpal's git repo which
	compiles cleanly under -pedantic too (with thanks to John et al)

	* configure.in: Better gcc version test to decide when to use
	-march=native (on 4.3 or later) borrowing line from John

2011-09-12  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* src/R_vw.cpp: Wrap a try/catch block around main function

	* man/vw.Rd: Added a \note{} about the need to setwd() accordingly if
	relative paths are used

2011-09-07  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* src/*: Updated to current version of vowpal's git repo which no
	longer requires -std=c++0x (via uint64_t instead of u. long long)

	* configure.in: Updated to no longer add -std=c++0x

2011-09-02  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* src/Makevars.in: Also set -lz -lpthread in PKG_LIBS

	* cleanup: Remove src/Makevars too

2011-09-01  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* src/*: Updated to current version of vowpal's git repo which now
	compiles cleanly using -std=c++0x

	* configure.in: Added more stringent test for Boost Program_Options
	library re-using two macros by Thomas Porschberg from the autoconf
	archive.

2011-08-31  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

        * DESCRIPTION: Set Version: to 0.0.2

	* DESCRIPTION: Set SVN $Date$ property

	* src/*: Updated to current version of vowpal's git repo

2011-08-18  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* man/vw.Rd: Added minimal manual page for vw() function

	* inst/test/: Copied upstream regression test input data, models and
	reference output here

	* demo/vw.R: Collected upstream tests in a demo file vw.R

	* src/accumulate.{cc,h},src/lda_core.cc: Applied dos2unix

2011-08-17  Dirk Eddelbuettel  <edd@debian.org>

	* Initial test package version 0.0.1 replicating the results of the
	upstream RunTests script using the the upstream vw binary