NEWS

gleam 0.8.0 (2026-04-16)

New Features

Full pipeline function run_gleam() integrating all modules end-to-end, supporting both cohort-input and pre-computed herd-structure workflows.
Complete modular API: run_demographic_herd_module(), run_weights_module(), run_ration_quality_module(), run_metabolic_energy_req_module(), run_nitrogen_balance_module(), run_emissions_enteric_module(), run_emissions_manure_module(), run_emissions_ration_module(), run_production_module(), run_allocation_module(), run_aggregation_module().
Support for AR5 and AR6 global warming potential sets in run_aggregation_module().
Bundled example datasets in inst/extdata/ for all modules and the full pipeline.
Four vignettes covering package overview, module descriptions, ecosystem context, and GLEAM history.

Improvements

Switched vignette math rendering to KaTeX for improved portability.
Improved code readability and variable naming consistency across all modules.
Corrected cohort-level result assignment in the aggregation module (gleam_chrt_data was incorrectly written to gleam_hrd_data).
Updated data.table minimum version requirement to >= 1.16.0.
Migrated repository to un-fao GitHub organisation; updated all URLs in DESCRIPTION and documentation.

Bug Fixes

Fixed chicken cohort documentation duplication.
Fixed co2_feed_crop_operations variable name alignment across modules.
Fixed offtake_number returning NA in edge cases.

Infrastructure

Added GitHub Actions workflow for R CMD check on Windows and Ubuntu.
Added lintr configuration and CI linting step.
Added testthat (edition 3) test suite covering all modules and the full pipeline.
Added _pkgdown.yml for pkgdown website generation.

gleam 0.7

Initial development iterations establishing the core herd module, basic unit tests, and package infrastructure. See the git history for detailed commit-level changes.