prepare for the release of version 1.9.0

DESCRIPTION

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Package: brms
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Type: Package
 Title: Bayesian Regression Models using Stan
-Version: 1.8.0.2
+Version: 1.9.0
 Date: 2017-07-19
 Authors@R: person("Paul-Christian", "Bürkner", email = "paul.buerkner@gmail.com",
   role = c("aut", "cre"))

R/brmsfit-methods.R

@@ -2347,7 +2347,9 @@ update.brmsfit <- function(object, formula., newdata = NULL,
       object$formula <- dots$formula
       dots$formula <- NULL
     }
-    bterms <- parse_bf(object$formula, family = object$family)
+    bterms <- with(object, 
+      parse_bf(formula, family = family, autocor = autocor)
+    )
     object$data <- update_data(dots$data, bterms = bterms)
     if (!is.null(newdata)) {
       object$data.name <- Reduce(paste, deparse(substitute(newdata)))
@@ -2876,6 +2878,13 @@ bridge_sampler.brmsfit <- function(samples, ...) {
       "usable in method 'bridge_sampler'."
     )
   }
+  if (is.cor_car(samples$autocor)) {
+    warning2(
+      "Some constants were dropped from the log-posterior ",
+      "of CAR models so that the output of 'bridge_sampler' ",
+      "may not be valid."
+    )
+  }
   sample_prior <- attr(samples$prior, "sample_prior")
   if (isTRUE(sample_prior %in% c("yes", "only"))) {
     stop2(

inst/NEWS.Rd

@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@
 \title{brms News}
 \encoding{UTF-8}
 
-\section{CHANGES IN VERSION 1.8.0++}{
+\section{CHANGES IN VERSION 1.9.0}{
   \subsection{NEW FEATURES}{
     \itemize{
       \item Perform model comparisons based on 
       marginal likelihoods using the methods
       \code{bridge_sampler}, \code{bayes_factor},
       and \code{post_prob} all powered by the
       \pkg{bridgesampling} package.
+      \item Compute a Bayesian version of R-squared 
+      with the \code{bayes_R2} method.
       \item Specify non-linear models for all
       distributional parameters.
       \item Combine multiple model formulas using 
@@ -28,8 +30,31 @@
       \item Refactor parts of the package to prepare
       for the implementation of more flexible 
       multivariate models in future updates.
+      \item Keep all constants in the log-posterior
+      in order for \code{bridge_sampler} to be
+      working correctly.
+      \item Reduce the amount of renaming done
+      within the \code{stanfit} object.
       \item Rename argument \code{auxpar} of 
       \code{fitted.brmsfit} to \code{dpar}.
+      \item Use the \code{launch_shinystan} generic 
+      provided by the \pkg{shinystan} package.
+      \item Set \code{bayesplot::theme_default()}
+      as the default \pkg{ggplot2} theme when
+      attaching \pkg{brms}.
+      \item Include citations of the \pkg{brms}
+      overview paper as published in the
+      Journal of Statistical Software.
+    }
+  }
+  \subsection{BUG FIXES}{
+    \itemize{
+      \item Fix problems when calling \code{fitted}
+      with \code{hurdle_lognormal} models thanks to
+      Meghna Krishnadas.
+      \item Fix problems when predicting \code{sigma}
+      in \code{asym_laplace} models thanks to 
+      Anna Josefine Sorensen.	
     }
   }
 }