[skip vbump] update description and news, preping for cran submission #498

All 40 tests pass, 21 skipped in 27s

1 files ±0 4 suites ±0 27s ⏱️ -2s
61 tests ±0 40 ✅ ±0 21 💤 ±0 0 ❌ ±0
106 runs ±0 85 ✅ ±0 21 💤 ±0 0 ❌ ±0

Results for commit 3fe6a7e. ± Comparison against earlier commit ddbeb9f.