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+Version: 2.1.0
+Date: 2023-08-14 16:10:03 UTC
+SHA: 7ae41403a936fe50e2cb12052df4a3b99e6022b1
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+## R CMD check results
+
+This is a new release.
+
+One NOTE is expected.
+
+RCMD check passed on the following platforms with 0 errors, 0 warnings, and 0 notes 
+
+ Github Actions runners
+  - {os: macOS-latest,   r: 'release'}
+  - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
+  - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
+  - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'devel'}
+
+Mac OS 12.6 running R 4.2.2
+
+I also checked on winbuilder