NEWS + version bump

Author: palday

NEWS.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+MixedModels v4.28.0 Release Notes
+==============================
+- `GeneralizedLinearMixedModel` now attempts to fall back to very constrained variance values when the default initial values result in a non positive semidefinite covariance matrix. [#792]
+
 MixedModels v4.27.1 Release Notes
 ==============================
 - `profile` now includes a `finally` block to restore the original model even if an error occurs before profiling is complete [#795]
@@ -579,4 +583,5 @@ Package dependencies
 [#783]: https://github.com/JuliaStats/MixedModels.jl/issues/783
 [#785]: https://github.com/JuliaStats/MixedModels.jl/issues/785
 [#791]: https://github.com/JuliaStats/MixedModels.jl/issues/791
+[#792]: https://github.com/JuliaStats/MixedModels.jl/issues/792
 [#795]: https://github.com/JuliaStats/MixedModels.jl/issues/795

Project.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "MixedModels"
 uuid = "ff71e718-51f3-5ec2-a782-8ffcbfa3c316"
-author = ["Phillip Alday <me@phillipalday.com>", "Douglas Bates <dmbates@gmail.com>", "Jose Bayoan Santiago Calderon <jbs3hp@virginia.edu>"]
-version = "4.27.1"
+author = ["Phillip Alday <me@phillipalday.com>", "Douglas Bates <dmbates@gmail.com>"]
+version = "4.28.0"
 
 [deps]
 Arrow = "69666777-d1a9-59fb-9406-91d4454c9d45"