update news and cran comments

NEWS.md

@@ -5,21 +5,11 @@ ritis 0.5.0
 
 * Re-released to CRAN
 * Complete overhaul of the package API, simplifying all function
-interfaces, using JSON by default.
+interfaces, using JSON by default, shorter names, reduce code reuse.
 * Added functions for interacting with ITIS's new Solr
 interface via use of `solrium`
 
 
-ritis 0.3.0
-===============
-
-### NEW FEATURES
-
-* New functions for interacting with new ITIS Solr interface.
-* Reworked package API for the original REST API methods to have
-shorter names, reduce code reuse, etc.
-
-
 ritis 0.0.3
 ===============
 

cran-comments.md

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 
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-* This is a new release.
+* This is a new release. I have read and agree to the the CRAN 
+policies at http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/policies.html
 
 ## Reverse dependencies
 
@@ -16,7 +17,8 @@ This is a new release, so there are no reverse dependencies.
 ---
 
 This is a resubmission of a package I previously had on CRAN, but is now
-archived. 
+archived. https://cran.rstudio.com/src/contrib/Archive/ritis/ 
+Last version on CRAN was v0.0.3
 
 The reason for the re-submission is the data provider, the Integrated 
 Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), came out with a new JSON version