Release Dates lme4 Version

Hello All,

This is actually more of a question directly for the lme4
maintainers, but I think others may be interested as well, so I am
sending this to the mailing list. I noticed that there are already
versions 1.1-0, 1.1-3, and 1.1-4 of lme4 on GitHub (with some
fixes/changes that I am quite keen on), while the CRAN version is
currently at 1.0-6. I am just wondering whether there are any
definite (or semi-definite) plans on when to release a new CRAN
version (yes, I have installed the dev version from GitHub; this is
more about benefitting from those fixes/changes when using a package
that depends on lme4 and that is installed by users in the usual way
via CRAN).

(and as usual: thanks to the lme4 maintainers for all of their hard
work!)

Best, Wolfgang

Very definite: we're in the process of submitting 1.1-4 to CRAN right
now (we had to hurry up a bit because there have been changes in R-devel
and upstream packages that we needed to accommodate).  There are a small
number of downstream packages that our new release breaks, and we're
working on contacting those maintainers/helping them fix the problems.

   The thing most users will notice in installing the new version is a
wider range of convergence warnings.  Overall we think this is a good
idea: users who didn't know that their fits were dodgy will find out.
On the other hand, we also know there will be some false positives, and
we look forward (!!) to reassuring users ... (this will be a big
motivation to get improved diagnostic/troubleshooting documentation set
up, within the package or on glmm.wikidot.com/faq or elsewhere ...)

  cheers
    Ben Bolker