scoringutils 1.2.2

This minor release includes two bug fixes, as well as some small changes to the package infrastructure. It reflects the current version on CRAN, 1.2.2.

Package updates

• Added a startup message to inform users of an upcoming major update and asking for feedback (see #333)
• Added some fixes and updates to the package infrastructure on github
  • fixes for pkgdown website (see #315 by @sbfnk and #316 by @sbfnk)
  • rendering the Readme automatically (see #314 by @sbfnk)
  • created a new PR template inspired by the one used for epinowcast
• Updates the minimum required R version to 3.6

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug in set_forecast_unit() that made the function fail if a data.frame instead of a data.table was provided (thank you, @elray1)
• Fixed a bug in the metrics table in the "Scoring forecasts directly vignette" where some rows were duplicated (thank you, @elray1)

What's Changed

• render README action by @nikosbosse in #314
• Website fixes by @nikosbosse in #315
• Improve gh pages and rendering of Vignettes by @nikosbosse in #316
• Issue #480: Update to R version 3.6 to fix failing gh action by @nikosbosse in #488
• Issue #486: Add startup message for a new CRAN release by @nikosbosse in #490
• Issue 428 fix metrics table by @nikosbosse in #489
• Issue #427: Fix error in set_forecast_unit() that occurs when input is not a data.table by @nikosbosse in #487
• Issue #486 Fix cran checks by @nikosbosse in #505
• Create a PR template by @nikosbosse in #491
• Issue 486: Fix NOTEs for CRAN submission by @nikosbosse in #514

Full Changelog: v1.2.0...v1.2.2