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 Package: pak
-Version: 0.2.1.9999
+Version: 0.3.0
 Title: Another Approach to Package Installation
 Description: The goal of 'pak' is to make package installation faster and
     more reliable. In particular, it performs all HTTP operations in parallel,
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-# 0.2.1.9999 (rc)
+# pak 0.3.0
 
 * pak functions that used to return tibbles return data frames now.
   While data frames and tibbles are very similar, they are not completely