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 Type: Package
 Package: infer
 Title: Tidy Statistical Inference
-Version: 1.0.0.9000
+Version: 1.0.1
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Andrew",
              family = "Bray",
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-# infer v1.0.0.9000 (development version)
+# infer v1.0.1 (GitHub Only)
+
+This release reflects the infer version accepted to the Journal of Open Source Software.
 
 * Re-licensed the package from CC0 to MIT. See the `LICENSE` and `LICENSE.md` files.
 * Contributed a paper to the Journal of Open Source Software, a draft of which is available in `/figs/paper`.