Change history of package msa:
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Version 1.21.1:
- changed msaClustalW() examples to run smoothly on Windows with R 4.0.x
- added warning to msaClustalW() help page regarding cluster="upgma" on
  Windows

Version 1.21.0:
- new branch for Bioconductor 3.12 devel

Version 1.20.0:
- release as part of Bioconductor 3.11

Version 1.19.0:
- new branch for Bioconductor 3.11 devel

Version 1.18.0:
- release as part of Bioconductor 3.10

Version 1.17.2:
- removed change history from package vignette for easier maintenance

Version 1.17.1:
- fixed regular expression to comply with PCRE2
- fixed Windows makefile for gc lib
- fixed Windows cleanup script
- fixed src/Makevars.win

Version 1.17.0:
- new branch for Bioconductor 3.10 devel

Version 1.16.0:
- release as part of Bioconductor 3.9

Version 1.15.0:
- new branch for Bioconductor 3.9 devel

Version 1.14.0:
- release as part of Bioconductor 3.8

Version 1.13.0:
- new branch for Bioconductor 3.8 devel

Version 1.12.0:
- release as part of Bioconductor 3.7

Version 1.11.1:
- minor fix in ClustalW

Version 1.11.2:
- fix of code for using custom substitution matrices in ClustalW

Version 1.11.0:
- new branch for Bioconductor 3.7 devel

Version 1.10.0:
- release as part of Bioconductor 3.6

Version 1.9.0:
- new branch for Bioconductor 3.6 devel

Version 1.8.0:
- release as part of Bioconductor 3.5

Version 1.7.2:
- fix for new clang 4 compiler on Mac OS

Version 1.7.1:
- additional conversions implemented for msaConvert() function
- added a new method msaConsensusSequence() that extends the
  functionality provided by Biostring's consensusString() method
- added a new method msaConservationScore()
- print() method extended such that it now also allows for
  customization of the consensus sequence (via the new
  msaConsensusSequence() method)
- package now depends on Biostrings version >= 2.40.0 in order
  to make sure that consensusMatrix() also works correctly
  for masked alignments
- corresponding changes in documentation and vignette

Version 1.7.0:
- new branch for Bioconductor 3.5 devel

Version 1.6.0:
- release as part of Bioconductor 3.4

Version 1.5.5:
- fixes in ClustalOmega source code to ensure Windows compatibility of
  GCC6 compatibility fix

Version 1.5.4:
- bug fix in msaClustalW(): unsupported parameter 'tree' deactivated
- fixes in ClustalOmega source code to ensure GCC6 compatibility
- fix in msaConvert() function to improve safety of call to suggested
  package 'phangorn'

Version 1.5.3:
- additional conversions implemented for msaConvert() function
- corresponding changes in documentation

Versions 1.5.1 / 1.5.2:
- version number bumps for technical reasons related to Bioconductor
  build servers

Version 1.5.0:
- new branch for Bioconductor 3.4 devel

Version 1.4.0:
- release as part of Bioconductor 3.3

Version 1.3.7:
- fixes in msaPrettyPrint() function

Version 1.3.6:
- msaPrettyPrint() now also accepts dashes in file names
- added section about pretty-printing wide alignments to package
  vignette

Version 1.3.5:
- adaptation of displaying help text by msa() function 

Version 1.3.4:
- added function for checking and fixing sequence names for
  possibly problematic characters that could lead to LaTeX
  errors when using msaPrettyPrint()
- corresponding changes in documentation
- minor namespace fix

Version 1.3.3:
- added function for converting multiple sequence alignments for
  use with other sequence alignment packages
- corresponding changes in documentation

Version 1.3.2:
- further fixes in Makefiles and Makevars files to account for changes
  in build system
- update of citation information

Version 1.3.1:
- fixes in Makefiles and Makevars files to account for changes in build system

Version 1.3.0:
- new branch for Bioconductor 3.3 devel

Version 1.2.0:
- release as part of Bioconductor 3.2

Version 1.1.3: 
- bug fix related to custom substitution matrices in the MUSCLE interface
- correction and updates of documentation

Version 1.1.2:
- new print() function for multiple alignments that also
  allows for displaying alignments in their entirety (plus additional
  customizations)
- strongly improved handling of custom substitution matrices by
  msaClustalW(): now custom matrices can also be supplied for nucleotide
  sequences which can also be passed via the 'substitutionMatrix' argument.
  The 'dnamatrix' argument is still available for the sake of backwards
  compatibility.
- strongly improved handling of custom substitution matrices by
  msaMuscle()
- fix of improperly aligned sequence logos produced by msaPrettyPrint()
- updated citation information

Version 1.1.1:
- fix of msa() function

Version 1.1.0:
- new branch for Bioconductor 3.2 devel

Version 1.0.0:
- first official release as part of Bioconductor 3.1