Changes in version 1.1.1 (2026-04-21)

All changes involve improving, tidying and simplifying the codes and removing bugs.
It also makes it easier for non-statisticians to understand.

* run_metropolis_MCMC_betas() is now defined ONLY in R/RcppExports.R
  (plus its C++ backend). The duplicate R version in R/MCMC_chain.R
  has been deleted; it referenced an undefined mc_cores variable and
  used the wrong PACKAGE = "HMRFHiC" tag. Same for pz_123() in the
  now-deleted R/potts_posterior.R.

* likelihood_combined() for components 2 and 3 more simplified and efficient to evaluates the density
  on EVERY observation in the component. This makes it easier for non-statisticians to understand
  
* ZIP/ZINB zero-probability is now log(theta + (1-theta) * exp(-mu))
  where mu = exp(eta) is the Poisson/NB mean. 1.0.0 used exp(-eta). Changed in both R/likelihood.R and
  src/potts_posterior.cpp.
  
* Neighbours_combined() (C++) rewritten to simplify the comparing of the
  reference configuration (current state or proposed state) to each of
  the four shifted copies of the current state.
  
* run_metropolis_MCMC_betas() ABC step for gamma uses the PROPOSED
  gamma to simulate synthetic data. 1.0.0 used chain_gamma[iter]. This helps to 
  improve the accept/reject step.
  
* The ABC tolerance epsilon and the distance statistic are now on the
  same scale: mean |y - synthetic| (or RMS for distance_metric =
  "euclidean"), and epsilon defaults to the 10% quantile of per-cell
  |y - synthetic|. 1.0.0 compared a mean-difference distance against
  the 20% quantile of exp(|y - synthetic|).
  
* The Metropolis-Hastings ratio for the regression coefficients no
  longer includes a proposaldensity_combined() term. The proposal is
  a symmetric Gaussian random walk, for which the proposal-density
  ratio cancels. 
  
* prior_combined() is now more DETERMINISTIC given the same parameters,
  data, and component assignments. 1.0.0 called rnorm() and rgamma()
  inside the prior, so pi(theta) changed between calls and the MH
  acceptance ratio was stochastic.

* compute_HMRFHiC_probabilities() no longer caps interactions
  at 500. The previous behaviour is available via max_interactions =
  500L. burnin is now an integer that includes the last MCMC sample
  (fixes fractional-index warnings when iterations is odd).

* A new consistent_dist = TRUE default in compute_HMRFHiC_probabilities()
  uses the same emission distribution for all three components. Pass
  consistent_dist = FALSE for the previous 1.0.0 behaviour (ZIP/ZINB
  only for component 1, others reduced to Poisson/NB).

* compute_HMRFHiC_probabilities() now uses log-sum-exp normalisation,
  avoiding underflow for very small component densities.
  
  
* On Windows, mc_cores > 1 now emits a warning and falls back to 1
  (parallel::mclapply does not fork on Windows).

* get_data() now raises an informative error when passed a .hic file
  (these are not HDF5 and were failing silently inside h5ls).

* The slice-rebin path in get_data() now aggregates duplicate entries
  produced by splitting a larger native bin into smaller target bins,
  instead of silently keeping only the last.

* posterior_combined() now calls likelihood_combined() with named
  arguments, eliminating positional fragility.

* process_data() now defaults to standardization_y = FALSE. When
  scaling is requested, it emits a warning because min-max rescaling
  of count data breaks the count-regression assumption.

PACKAGE METADATA

* BSgenome.Dmelanogaster.UCSC.dm6 moved from Imports to Suggests.
  Installing HiCPotts no longer forces users of other species to
  download the Drosophila genome.

* strawr removed from Imports (it was never called). Added to
  Suggests for users wanting to handle raw .hic files themselves.

* DESCRIPTION license tag (GPL-3), README badge (MIT), and documented
  R version (>= 4.2) reconciled: GPL-3 and R (>= 4.5) are now the
  package's authoritative values.

* Vignette updated: correct function name (get_data, not
  prepare_data); user_fixed_priors example restructured with correct field names;
  ZIP/ZINB chunk consistency fixed.


TESTING

* tests/testthat replaced with a suite that verifies numerical
  correctness (closed-form Poisson/NB/ZIP densities, hand-computed
  neighbour counts, and regression tests for every fix above).