diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
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diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index f9cbc01ade61e800f98fdc4d73341d58f6d4da07..ba29ddc7e867e301a3c13a842bbc7b2321d81d1e 100644
--- a/version.txt
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