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gerda 0.2.1

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Improved error message clarity for file extensions
• Changed message from “Format ignored” to “File extension (.rds or .csv) not required - adding it is optional”
• Simplified user messages by removing redundant information about data format independence
• Updated tests to match improved message format
• Fixed package structure issues for CRAN submission
• Removed non-standard files and directories from package root

gerda 0.2.0

New Features

• Added support for 2025 German federal election data
• New datasets available:
  • federal_muni_harm_21: Federal elections harmonized to 2021 boundaries (1990-2025)
  • federal_muni_harm_25: Federal elections harmonized to 2025 boundaries (1990-2025)

Breaking Changes

• Removed federal_muni_harm dataset (replaced by boundary-specific versions)
• Users should now use federal_muni_harm_21 or federal_muni_harm_25 depending on their boundary harmonization needs

Improvements

• Updated data coverage to include 2025 federal election results
• Improved dataset descriptions to clarify boundary harmonization
• Enhanced error messages with helpful suggestions for deprecated dataset names

Bug Fixes

• Updated all URLs to reflect new repository structure
• Fixed dataset count in documentation and tests

gerda 0.1.0

• Initial CRAN submission
• Access to German election data from 1990-2021
• Support for municipal, state, and federal election data
• Geographically harmonized datasets
• Cross-walk tables for boundary changes

These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.