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 Package: RSQLite
 Title: SQLite Interface for R
-Version: 2.3.4
-Date: 2023-11-30
+Version: 2.3.4.9000
+Date: 2023-12-08
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Kirill", "Müller", , "kirill@cynkra.com", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-1416-3412")),
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 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# RSQLite 2.3.4.9000 (2023-12-08)
+
+- Merge branch 'cran-2.3.4'.
+
+
 # RSQLite 2.3.4 (2023-12-07)
 
 ## Bug fixes