Prepare the 1.2.4 release (#181)

Author: erikcs

r-package/policytree/DESCRIPTION

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: policytree
 Title: Policy Learning via Doubly Robust Empirical Welfare Maximization over Trees
-Version: 1.2.3
+Version: 1.2.4
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Erik", "Sverdrup", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "erik.sverdrup@monash.edu"),
     person("Ayush", "Kanodia", role = "aut"),

releases/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to policytree will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.2.4] - 2025-02-18
+
+### Fixed
+- Add interrupt check for Ctrl+C/Esc responsiveness. [#178](https://github.com/grf-labs/policytree/pull/178)
+- Add optional heartbeat spinner to indicate solver is running during long recursive search (only shown in interactive sessions and if `verbose = TRUE`). [#180](https://github.com/grf-labs/policytree/pull/180)
+
 ## [1.2.3] - 2024-06-13
 
 ### Fixed

releases/README.md

@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ This is just a minor summary document, practically all details are the same as t
 
   https://win-builder.r-project.org/upload.aspx
 
-  https://builder.r-hub.io/ (to check on all builds, including Solaris)
-
   https://cran.r-project.org/submit.html
 
 4. Merge the "Prepare the vx release" and tag it
@@ -149,6 +147,10 @@ pp <- predict(tree, X)
 
 ## Previous performance test results
 
+**1.2.4**
+
+This is only a patch release touching non-performance sensitive C++.
+
 **1.2.3**
 
 This is only a minor release updating the license.