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spatstat

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Umbrella package of the spatstat family................

github.com/spatstat/spatstat ↗

The spatstat umbrella package, now mostly a pointer to the sub-packages doing the work

spatial-statisticsr-packagemetapackagedocumentation
◆Current state
spatstat is the front package of a family that was split into specialised components — spatstat.geom, spatstat.random, spatstat.model, spatstat.explore, spatstat.univar and spatstat.sparse. Its own release notes reflect that: entries in this window are largely announcements of where the real changes landed, plus documentation and cross-reference maintenance. The codebase it fronts passed 200,000 lines as of 3.5-1.
◆Where it's heading
The split is effectively complete and the umbrella's role has settled into coordination — tracking version dependencies across sub-packages and pointing users to them. The family has kept subdividing over this period, with spatstat.univar joining in 3.1-0. The one substantive user-facing addition here is documentation infrastructure: 3.3-0 added the ability to list the history of changes to a specific function, which is a navigational answer to a codebase now spread across many packages.
◆Prediction
Expect this package's notes to continue summarising sub-package activity rather than carrying features of its own, since every release in this window does exactly that. Read spatstat.geom, spatstat.random and spatstat.model for the substance.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2mo ago

    Sub-package updates across sparse, univar and random

    A pointer release: it records new functionality in spatstat.sparse, spatstat.univar and spatstat.random, and further changes in spatstat.explore, without describing changes in the umbrella package itself. The substance sits in the sub-package notes.

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  2. 6mo ago

    spatstat passes 200,000 lines of code

    Notes that spatstat now exceeds 200,000 lines of code, plus documentation updates. A size milestone rather than a change users can act on.

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  3. 10mo ago

    New vignette documenting NA spatial objects

    Adds a vignette, `NAobjects`, documenting the missing and unavailable object support that spatstat.geom introduced two releases earlier. Documentation catching up to a change made elsewhere in the family.

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  4. 1y ago

    Per-function change history now listable

    Adds the ability to list the history of changes to a given function, plus updated version dependencies. For a family now split across many packages, being able to trace one function's history is a practical answer to the navigation problem the split created.

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  5. 2y ago

    spatstat.univar joins the package family

    Announces spatstat.univar as a new member of the spatstat family, alongside internal improvements. The umbrella records the family's continued subdivision without changing behaviour itself.

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  6. 3y ago

    Sub-package cross-references and docs corrected

    Updated cross-references to sub-packages and corrected package documentation. Housekeeping following the family split.

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