final commit for ape 3.0

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@@ -15,10 +15,18 @@ NEW FEATURES
     o boot.phylo() and prop.clades() have a new option rooted =
       FALSE. Note that the behaviour of prop.part() is unchanged.
 
+    o edgelabels() has a new option 'date' to place labels on edges of
+      chronograms using the time scale (suggestion by Rob Lanfear).
+
 
 BUG FIXES
 
-    o mantel.test() could return P-values > 1 with the default
+    o In chronopl(), the code setting the initial dates failed in
+      complicated settings (several dates known within intervals).
+      This has been generally improved and should result in faster
+      and more efficient convergence even in simple settings.
+
+    o mantel.test() sometimes returned P-values > 1 with the default
       two-tailed test.
 
     o extract.clade() sometimes shuffled some tip labels (thanks to
@@ -38,6 +46,16 @@ OTHER CHANGES
     o The C code of base.freq() has been improved and is now nearly 8
       times faster.
 
+    o The option 'original.data' of write.nexus() is now deprecated and
+      will be removed in a future release.
+
+    o The code of is.ultrametric() has been improved and is now 3 times
+      faster.
+
+    o The code of vcv.phylo() has been improved and is now 10 or 30
+      times faster for 100 or 1000 tips, respectively. Consequently,
+      fitting models with PGLS will be faster overall.
+
 
 
                CHANGES IN APE VERSION 2.8
@@ -191,8 +209,8 @@ BUG FIXES
 
 OTHER CHANGES
 
-    o identify.phylo() now returns NULL if the user right-(instead of
-      left-)clicks (an error was returned previously).
+    o identify.phylo() now returns NULL if the user right- (instead of
+      left-) clicks (an error was returned previously).
 
     o read.nexus() should be robust to commands inserted in the TREES
       block.