From a20d5129a340fd57c6f8f6fab743723b0ea8249c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karl Broman <kbroman@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2021 09:39:30 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Bump version for release

---
 DESCRIPTION         |  4 ++--
 NEWS.md             |  2 +-
 inst/INSTALL_ME.txt | 18 +++++++++---------
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 7a47f6dc..7f5db4bb 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: qtl
-Version: 1.49-3
-Date: 2021-09-25
+Version: 1.50
+Date: 2021-10-06
 Title: Tools for Analyzing QTL Experiments
 Author: Karl W Broman <broman@wisc.edu> and Hao Wu, with
   ideas from Gary Churchill and Saunak Sen and contributions from
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 616c3ab6..3d1221f6 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ copyright (c) 2001-2021, Karl W Broman
     at https://www.r-project.org/Licenses/GPL-3
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-## Verison 1.49, 2021-08-05
+## Verison 1.50, 2021-10-06
 
 ## New features
 
diff --git a/inst/INSTALL_ME.txt b/inst/INSTALL_ME.txt
index 0dd5b8b3..295608b0 100644
--- a/inst/INSTALL_ME.txt
+++ b/inst/INSTALL_ME.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ OBTAINING R/QTL
 INSTALLATION OF R AND R/QTL (Windows)
 
   1. The Windows version of R is distributed as a single file, with a
-     name something like R-4.0.3-win.exe.  Install R by executing
+     name something like R-4.1.1-win.exe.  Install R by executing
      this file.  We recommend installing R in "c:\R" rather than
      "c:\Program Files\R".  Why didn't Microsoft use "Programs" rather
      than "Program files"?
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ INSTALLATION OF R AND R/QTL (Windows)
 
      This will download the binary from CRAN and install it.
 
-     Alternatively, you can download the "qtl_1.47-9.zip" (or the
+     Alternatively, you can download the "qtl_1.50.zip" (or the
      equivalent).  Then start R and select (on the menu bar)
      "Packages" and then "Install package from local zip file...".
-     Find the file "qtl_1.47-9.zip" on your hard drive, and click
+     Find the file "qtl_1.50.zip" on your hard drive, and click
      "Open".
 
 
-INSTALLATION OF R AND R/QTL (MacOS version 10.5 and above)
+INSTALLATION OF R AND R/QTL (MacOS version 10.13 and above)
 
-  1. Download the file R-4.0.3.pkg, double-click it, and follow the
+  1. Download the file R-4.1.1.pkg, double-click it, and follow the
      instructions.
 
   2. To install R/qtl, the simplest approach is to start R and type
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ INSTALLATION OF R AND R/QTL (MacOS version 10.5 and above)
      This will download the binary from CRAN and install it.
 
      Alternatively, download the compiled version of R/qtl for
-     Mac OS X, a file like "qtl_1.47-9.tgz".  Then start R and
+     Mac OS X, a file like "qtl_1.50.tgz".  Then start R and
      select (on the menu bar) "Packages & Data" -> "Package
      Installer".  Select "Local Binary Package" from the drop-down
      menu at the top of the window that comes up.  Click "Install"
@@ -78,19 +78,19 @@ INSTALLATION OF R/QTL (Unix)
      This will download the binary from CRAN and install it.
 
      Alternatively, download the R/qtl source code (a file like
-     "qtl_1.47-9.tar.gz").  Go into the directory containing the
+     "qtl_1.50.tar.gz").  Go into the directory containing the
      file and do one of the following:
 
      a. To install R/qtl in the standard location
         (/usr/local/lib/R/library), type
 
-            R CMD INSTALL qtl_1.47-9.tar.gz
+            R CMD INSTALL qtl_1.50.tar.gz
 
         You'll probably need to be superuser.
 
      b. To install the package locally, type
 
-            R CMD INSTALL --library=/home/auser/Rlibs qtl_1.47-9.tar.gz
+            R CMD INSTALL --library=/home/auser/Rlibs qtl_1.50.tar.gz
 
         (where "/home/auser/Rlibs" should be replaced with the
         appropriate directory).