New package version and updated news

DESCRIPTION

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 Package: hicp
 Type: Package
 Title: Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices
-Version: 0.5.1
+Version: 0.6.0
 Authors@R: person("Sebastian", "Weinand", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "[email protected]")
 Description:  The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) is the key economic figure to measure inflation in the euro area.
               The methodology underlying the HICP is documented in the HICP Methodological Manual (<https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-manuals-and-guidelines/w/ks-gq-24-003>).

NEWS.md

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+# hicp 0.6.0
+
+* Introduced the global options `options("hicp.unbundle"=TRUE)`, `options(hicp.coicop.version="ecoicop-hicp")`, `options(hicp.all.items.code="00")`
+* The functions `is.coicop()`, `level()`, `parent()`, `child()`, `aggregate()`, and `tree()` now have the argument `settings`, which can be used to define a COICOP version (`coicop.version`), the all-items code (`all.items.code`), and how bundle codes are treated (`unbundle`)
+* The function `is.coicop()` now accepts different COICOP versions. The functions `level()`, `parent()`, `child()`, `aggregate()`, and `tree()` only process valid COICOP codes and the all-items code.
+* Fixed the behavior of `aggregate()` when the functions `jevons()`, `carli()`, and `harmonic()` are used and no weights `w0` are provided
+* Fixed a bug in the function `chain()`, which occurred when the unchained series started in January and `by=12`. In this case, the index reference period (with value 100) was not correctly detected
+* Updated documentation and tests accordingly
+
 # hicp 0.5.1
 
 * Fixed a bug in the functions `jevons()`, `carli()`, and `harmonic()`, which checked the weights `w0` that were, however, not required by the function

cran-comments.md

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 ## Resubmission
 This is a submission of an updated package version. In this version I have:
 
-* Fixed a bug in the functions `jevons()`, `carli()`, and `harmonic()`
-* Fixed a bug in the function `chain()`
+* Introduced the global options `options("hicp.unbundle"=TRUE)`, `options(hicp.coicop.version="ecoicop-hicp")`, `options(hicp.all.items.code="00")`
+* The functions `is.coicop()`, `level()`, `parent()`, `child()`, `aggregate()`, and `tree()` now have the argument `settings`, which can be used to define a COICOP version (`coicop.version`), the all-items code (`all.items.code`), and how bundle codes are treated (`unbundle`)
+* The function `is.coicop()` now accepts different COICOP versions. The functions `level()`, `parent()`, `child()`, `aggregate()`, and `tree()` only process valid COICOP codes and the all-items code.
+* Fixed the behavior of `aggregate()` when the functions `jevons()`, `carli()`, and `harmonic()` are used and no weights `w0` are provided
+* Fixed a bug in the function `chain()`, which occurred when the unchained series started in January and `by=12`. In this case, the index reference period (with value 100) was not correctly detected
 * Updated documentation and tests accordingly
 
 ## Test environments