NEWS.md
In jschoeley/pash: Pace-Shape Analysis of Life-tables

Truncate lx input data in case it ends with 0s
last nax is no longer NA in case of Inputnmx(nax="udd", last_open=TRUE) but instead calculated using constant hazard assumption (closes #18)

conditional probabilities of death can be used as input via the new Inputnqx() function (@panchoVG)
GetShape() now features the harmonized option. if set to TRUE the shape measures are rescaled so that they all have a similar interpretation (see Wrycza etal. (2015). Quantifying the Shape of Aging for details). Set to FALSE, the measures are returned in their conventional form (closes #14)
the life-table death rate (ldr) has been added to the pace measures returned by GetPace()

all life-table shape measures now work on open ended life-tables (closes #16)
the life-table variance and coefficient of variation measures now return consistent values for single year and abridged life-tables
print method for pash object no longer produces incoherent values for ndx and lx due to integer truncation in last age groups (closes #15)

add vignette: "Shape measures and their implementation"
add vignette: "Accuracy of discrete formulas for life-table shape measures"
the life-table variance measure has been removed from the output of GetShape() because it is not standardized by pace and therefore not a true shape measure. the life-table coefficient of variation is available as the true shape measure equivalent.
The cdr has been renamed ldr (life-table death rate) and moved from shape to pace measures
remove alternative Gini implementations
add additional data sets
implement additional tests
changed names of shape measures to lowercase