[skip vbump] update description and news, preping for cran submission #494

All 40 tests pass, 21 skipped in 28s

1 files ±0 4 suites ±0 28s ⏱️ -1s
61 tests ±0 40 ✅ ±0 21 💤 ±0 0 ❌ ±0
106 runs ±0 85 ✅ ±0 21 💤 ±0 0 ❌ ±0

Results for commit a4dadef. ± Comparison against earlier commit 7186e3e.