Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/devel' into devel

* upstream/devel:
  bump x.y.z version to odd y following creation of RELEASE_3_20 branch
  bump x.y.z version to even y prior to creation of RELEASE_3_20 branch

DESCRIPTION

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: splatter
 Title: Simple Simulation of Single-cell RNA Sequencing Data
-Version: 1.30.0
+Version: 1.31.0
 Date: 2024-10-30
 Authors@R:c(
     person("Luke", "Zappia", , "luke@lazappi.id.au", role = c("aut", "cre"),