Merge pull request #375 from Merck/374-cran-release-112

Update NEWS for gsDesign2 1.1.2

DESCRIPTION

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 Package: gsDesign2
 Title: Group Sequential Design with Non-Constant Effect
-Version: 1.1.1.2
+Version: 1.1.2
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Keaven", "Anderson", email = "keaven_anderson@merck.com", role = c("aut")),
     person("Yilong", "Zhang", email = "elong0527@gmail.com", role = c("aut")),

NEWS.md

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+# gsDesign2 1.1.2
+
+## New features
+
+- The `gs_update_ahr()` function is now available for efficacy and futility
+  boundary update based on blinded estimation of treatment effect (#370).
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+- Fix the accrual parameters bugs in `gs_design_wlr()` depending on npsurvSS (#344, #356).
+- Fix `gs_design_ahr()` to incorporate information fraction driven design when number of analyses >= 4 (#358).
+
+## Improvements
+
+- Zero failure rate in some but not all intervals is acceptable as input (#360).
+- Study with duration > 100 units are executable when event accrual is slow (#368).
+
+## Documentation
+
+- A new [vignette](https://merck.github.io/gsDesign2/articles/story-update-boundary.html)
+  introducing how to do the boundary update is available (#278, #364, #366).
+- A new [vignette](https://merck.github.io/gsDesign2/articles/story-seven-test-types.html)
+  bridging gsDesign2 to the 6 test types of gsDesign is available.
+- The pkgdown website is re-organized to providing better view for users (#341).
+
+## Testing
+
+- Independent testing of `as_gt()` is added (#337).
+- Restructure tests to make them self-contained (#347).
+
 # gsDesign2 1.1.1
 
 ## New features