Prepare netdiffuseR v1.24.0 for CRAN release

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Updates package metadata and documentation for CRAN submission of v1.24.0, which adds degree_adoption_diagnostic() function.

Changes

• NEWS.md: Updated release date from "(DEV)" to "2025-12-09"
• cran-comments.md: Replaced obsolete Travis/AppVeyor references with current GitHub Actions test matrix

Package Status

• R CMD check: 0 errors | 0 warnings | 0 notes (verified on master)
• Test coverage: macOS/Windows/Ubuntu × R release/devel, including valgrind
• Documentation: Complete for all 82 functions including new diagnostic
• No reverse dependencies

Ready for CRAN submission.

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Verify all is in good shape for next CRAN release</issue_title>
<issue_description>We need to prepare the repository for the next CRAN release. We need to check:

• The NEWS file is in proper order (updated with the needed updates).
• The README file has been updated (rerun)
• All R CMD check passes OK.
• The DESCRIPTION file is in good shape.
• roxygen2::document() was run.

You can do whatever other checks people do before resubmitting to CRAN.

Details:

Here are the details from the last version on CRAN (1.23.0)

Details

CRAN Package Check Results for Package netdiffuseR

Last updated on 2025-11-28 10:50:04 CET.

Flavor | Version | Tinstall | Tcheck | Ttotal | Status | Flags -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang | 1.23.0 | 107.61 | 345.50 | 453.11 | WARN |   r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc | 1.23.0 | 76.33 | 226.55 | 302.88 | WARN |   r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang | 1.23.0 | 136.00 | 619.36 | 755.36 | WARN |   r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc | 1.23.0 | 157.00 | 569.23 | 726.23 | WARN |   r-devel-windows-x86_64 | 1.23.0 | 140.00 | 251.00 | 391.00 | WARN | --no-vignettes r-patched-linux-x86_64 | 1.23.0 | 113.94 | 322.21 | 436.15 | WARN |   r-release-linux-x86_64 | 1.23.0 | 107.74 | 322.29 | 430.03 | WARN |   r-release-macos-arm64 | 1.23.0 |   |   |   | OK |   r-release-macos-x86_64 | 1.23.0 | 51.00 | 209.00 | 260.00 | OK |   r-release-windows-x86_64 | 1.23.0 | 123.00 | 249.00 | 372.00 | WARN | --no-vignettes r-oldrel-macos-arm64 | 1.23.0 |   |   |   | NOTE |   r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 | 1.23.0 | 51.00 | 214.00 | 265.00 | NOTE |   r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 | 1.23.0 | 148.00 | 294.00 | 442.00 | WARN | --no-vignettes

Check Details

Version: 1.23.0
Check: whether package can be installed
Result: WARN  Found the following significant warnings: infection.cpp:58:16: warning: 'is_finite<double>' is deprecated: change arma::is_finite(val) to std::isfinite(val) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] infection.cpp:162:16: warning: 'is_finite<double>' is deprecated: change arma::is_finite(val) to std::isfinite(val) [-Wdeprecated-declarations] See ‘/home/hornik/tmp/R.check/r-devel-clang/Work/PKGS/netdiffuseR.Rcheck/00install.out’ for details. * used C++ compiler: ‘Debian clang version 21.1.5 (1)’ Flavor: r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

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Pull request overview

This PR prepares netdiffuseR v1.24.0 for CRAN submission by updating package metadata and documentation. The release adds the degree_adoption_diagnostic() function that analyzes correlations between network centrality measures and adoption timing in diffusion processes. The changes ensure CRAN submission requirements are met with updated test environment documentation and proper release dating.

• Updates NEWS.md release date from "(DEV)" to current date (2025-12-09)
• Modernizes cran-comments.md by replacing obsolete CI references (Travis/AppVeyor) with GitHub Actions test matrix

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
NEWS.md	Updates version 1.24.0 release date to 2025-12-09, finalizing the changelog entry for CRAN submission
cran-comments.md	Replaces obsolete Travis CI and AppVeyor references with current GitHub Actions test environments across macOS/Windows/Ubuntu with R release/devel versions

[gvegayon]

I'm keeping this open until we get it into CRAN.

[gvegayon]

On CRAN!