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 # r2dii.match (development version)
 
+* r2dii.match is now [stable](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html).
+
 # r2dii.match 0.2.0
 
 * Complete deprecation of `ald` in favour of `abcd` (#399).
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 [![](https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/grand-total/r2dii.match)](https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=r2dii.match)
 [![Codecov test coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/RMI-PACTA/r2dii.match/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/RMI-PACTA/r2dii.match?branch=main)
 [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/RMI-PACTA/r2dii.match/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/RMI-PACTA/r2dii.match/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
+[![Lifecycle: stable](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-stable-brightgreen.svg)](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html#stable)
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 These tools implement in R a fundamental part of