
	0.8-37 (02.05.2026)

        update reference output

	0.8-36 (09.03.2026)

        don't check attribute conf.level

	0.8-35 (25.04.2022)

        don't escape & in Rd

	0.8-34 (08.10.2021)

        remove system.time from Rd files, set seed for examples

	0.8-32 (16.04.2021)

        update reference output

	0.8-31 (11.12.2019)

        round scores to 14 digits to make noLD happy in bloodp example

	0.8-30 (29.04.2019)

        use RNGversion("3.5.3")

	0.8-29 (01.03.2017)

	register C routines

	0.8-28 (20.02.2015)

	register all methods

	0.8-27 (24.09.2013)

        p-values were > 1 (in fact, 1 of course) when the statistic was
        equal its expectation in the paired case.

	0.8-26 (02.09.2013)

	fix NAMESPACE issues

	0.8-25 (21.05.2013)

        perm.test(x, y, paired = TRUE, exact = TRUE, tol = NULL) did not map the
        scores correctly into integers and gave wrong p-values;
        spotted by Lewis Halsey <L.Halsey@roehampton.ac.uk>

	0.8-24 (11.01.2013)

	startup message in .onAttach

	0.8-23 (11.10.2012)

	cpermdist2 R function for maxstat

	0.8-22 (30.08.2011)

        spaces in startup message

	0.8-21 (23.08.2011)

        GPL (>= 2) only

	0.8-20 (02.05.2011)

	qnorm(..., lower -> lower.tail)

	0.8-19 (13.09.2010)

        fix dependencies

	0.8-16 (29.08.2008)

        fix old style random seed assignments

	0.8-16 (08.10.2007)

	documentation update

	0.8-15 (05.10.2006)

        clarify dependencies on stats

	0.8-14 (04.10.2006)

        null.value had different names

	0.8-13 (23.08.2006)
	
	import(utils)
	fire a message that `exactRankTests' is no longer under development
	and `coin' should be used.

	0.8-12 (02.02.2006)

        remove *.Rout from R/

	0.8-11 (02.06.2005)

        `mu' was ignored for one-sample version of `perm.test' 
        (spotted by <Reiczigel.Jeno@aotk.szie.hu>)

	0.8-10 (16.03.2005)

	`delay' is deprecated in R-2.1.0

	0.8-7 (27.09.2004)

	use a grid search instead of optimize in order to determine
        fact in `findfact'

	0.8-6 (16.12.2003)

	do not import(ctest) in Namespace and load package `stats' instead
	for R versions >= 1.9.0

	for the moment, copy `ansari.c' from package `stats'.

	0.8-5 (03.11.2003)

	fix documentation bugs

        0.8-4 (18.09.2003)

        perm.test(x, ...) failed when missing values where supplied.

	0.8-3 (03.09.2003)

	use explicit RNGkind("Wichmann-Hill", "Kinderman-Ramage") 
	in all regression tests.

	0.8-2 (30.08.2003)

	use canonial header files

	0.8-2 (18.09.2003)

	perm.test(x, ...) failed when missing values where supplied.

	0.8-1 (24.04.2003)

	make -Wall happy

	0.8-0 (23.04.2003)

	Monte-Carlo based computation of the null-distribution now possible

	use `.Call' instead of `.C' for interfacing with C

	Code cleanup, documentation cleanup

	Move regression tests from example sections to ./tests/reg-tests.R

	Conover-Salsburg scores added, Savage scores added

	more examples:	neuropathy (pain scores)
			clodronate (randomized trial)
			ears (ventilating tubes)
			sal (serum antigen level)
			bloodp (blood pressure)
			lungcancer (well,...)

	prepare for R-1.7.0: set RNGversion("1.6.2") for regression tests
			     put the package into a NAMESPACE

	0.7-7 (20.01.2003)

	Rdiff reported differences due to cosmetic changes

	0.7-6 (19.01.2003)

	ansari.exact added: Ansari-Bradley test with exact conditional
			    distribution
        more examples: 	ASAT (proof-of-safety or equivalence),
			ocarcinoma (exact conditional logrank test),
			rotarod (WMW-test benchmark from  AmStat 54(1) )
	

	0.7-5 (13.12.2002)
	
	CRAN pedantics

	0.7-4 (13.12.2002)

	check if scores contain negative values for paired samples

	0.7-3 (22.11.2002)

	PACKAGE argument to Call

	0.7-2 (18.11.2002)

	force irank to return integers

	0.7-1 (17.09.2002)

	improve documentation
 	bugfix: pperm for two.sided p-values (paired / !paired) was wrong
        	if q == expectation
	limits on the scores removed: [dpq]perm only limited by
        	the machine memory
	cscores.Surv optimized, example with censored data added to
	cscores.Rd
 
	0.7-0 (13.09.2002)

	generic `cscores' for the computation of scores added
	m=NULL allowed in equiscores for some configurations

	0.6-12 (23.07.2002)

	bugfix for paired samples: do not substract the minimum of the
        scores anymore.

	0.6-11 (03.07.2002)

	use .C( ..., PACKAGE="exactRankTests")

	0.6-10 (23.05.2002)

	pedantic

	0.6-9 (15.04.2002)

	added bivariate rank test `br.test' for testing only

	0.6-8 (15.04.2002)

	bug in perm.test.default for real-valued scores fixed

	0.6-7 (10.04.2002)

	replace optim in equiscores by optimize as suggested by warning in
	R-1.5.0pre

	0.6-6 (06.03.2002)

	checkTnF was still unhappy with stuff in ./tests

	0.6-5 (06.03.2002)

	make checkTnF happy
	
	0.6-4 (20.02.2002)

	conf.int for paired samples was broken in wilcox.exact

	p.value for alternative == "less" and "greater" now add to 1 for
        asymptotic distribution

	0.6-3 (13.02.2002)

	STATISTIC in perm.test had a missing name attribute

	0.6-2 (11.02.2002)

	R CMD check insits on \n at the end of C-files

	0.6-1 (06.02.2002)

	length(x) must be smaller than length(y) in perm.test(x,y), give a
        warning and interchange if not

	asymptotic p-values in perm.test( ..., paired=FALSE, ...) were
	wrong, fixed

	0.6-0 (10.12.2001)

	release for R-1.4.0

	0.5-9 (08.12.2001)

	map real scores into 1:N for perm.test
	perm.test and wilcox.exact are generic and have a formula interface	
	fixed the most painful documentation bugs

	0.5-7 (06.11.2001)

	asymptotic p-values for perm.test and wilcox.test, coincides with
	StatXact

	0.5-7 (06.11.2001)

	new interface to pperm (computes now all kinds of p.values)
	therefore wilcox.exact and perm.test changed. several minor code-
	and documentation fixes.

	0.5-6 (31.10.2001)

	bugfix in one-sided conf.ints paired wilcox.exact
	examples from Hollander & Wolfe added to wilcox.exact
	check for conf.ints and estimators. 
	R CMD check will only work with R-1.4.0-devel and modified 
	wilcox.exact

	0.5-5 (29.10.2001)

	estimated corrected (PR#1150)

	0.5-4 (27.10.2001)

	pperm has `side' argument: compute P(T <= T) or P(T >= t)

	0.5-3 (25.10.2001)

	perm.test and globulin-example added

	0.5-2 (27.09.2001)

	codoc fixes for R-1.4.0

	0.4-6 (26.06.2001)

	fixed confints, added tests:
	- all.equal(wilcox.exact, wilcox.test)
        - estimator \in confint
        DEPENDS: R(>=1.3.0)

	0.4-5 (09.06.2001)

	Depend broke update.packages -> fixed for R-1.2.3
	!!! REMINDER: change version$minor == "3.0" if R-1.3.0 is out !!!
	added paired Wilcoxon example from StatXact manual, coincides :-)
	
	0.4-3 (07.06.2001)

	moved ./inst/test*.R -> ./tests
	
	0.4-2 (07.06.2001)

	documentation fixed

	0.4-1 (25.05.2001)

	sample estimates as in wilcox.test added to wilcox.exact

	0.4-0 (16.05.2001)

	use eqn. (8.19) from the StatXact manual p. 165 for twosided p-value
	if paired.

	0.3-8 (03.05.2001)

	c++ comments removed from permdist.c

	0.3-7 (12.04.2001)

	pperm2 now computes correct expectation for paired case.
	Now confidence intervals for x - y are computed (as `wilcox.test'
	in R-1.2.3 will do)	

	0.3-6 (20.02.2001)

	typos in cperm.Rd fixed

	0.3-4 (06.01.2001)

	concentrated man pages.

	0.3-3 (20.12.2000)

	added some checks for non-sense parameter configurations. This one
	goes out to CRAN/contrib.

	0.3-2 (18.12.2000)

	added pperm2 which computes two-sided p-values the way StatXact
	does. Added example from StatXact manual page 211 on diastolic blood
	pressure, the results coincied.  

	0.3-1 (17.12.2000)

	renamed "exactDistr" to "exactRankTests" (this is easier to
	pronounce). After a discussion with Kurt last Friday, this version 
	will move to CRAN/contrib. 

	0.2-4 (05.12.2000)

	typos fixed, system.file()[1] in examples 

	0.2-3 (04.12.2000)

	uhh, 0.2-2 was buggy :-(
	bugs (hopefully) fixed, more intelligent determination of the
	factor to multiply real (!) valued scores with. It is now possible
	to give a maximum error by "tol" on the quantile scale. Default is 
	tol = 0.01 which should be ok for most situations. 

	0.2-2 (29.11.2000)

	rational scores now possible -> this results in an approximation
	only. Can be influenced by "fact".

	0.1-9 (25.10.2000)

	bugfixes for pperm(paired): 0 is a possible realization

	0.1-8 (24.10.2000)

	added the paired sample situation, now ./inst/test1.R for the
	comparison with [pq]signrank, ./inst/test2.R with  [pq]wilcox

	0.1-7 (23.10.2000)

	bug fixes (H as double), test.R in ./inst for testing with
	[pq]wilcox

	0.1-6 (22.10.2000)

	hacked cpermdist in C, now computations a lot faster

	