[skip vbump] update description and news, preping for cran submission #493

All 40 tests pass, 21 skipped in 29s

1 files ±0 4 suites ±0 29s ⏱️ +2s
61 tests ±0 40 ✅ ±0 21 💤 ±0 0 ❌ ±0
106 runs ±0 85 ✅ ±0 21 💤 ±0 0 ❌ ±0

Results for commit 7186e3e. ± Comparison against earlier commit 534c100.