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 Package: ts
 Title: Helper functions for writing type safe functions for rserve-ts
-Version: 0.0.0.9000
+Version: 0.1.0
 Authors@R:
     person("Tom", "Elliott", , "tom@inzight.co.nz",
            role = c("aut", "cre"),
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+# ts 0.1.0 - Initial release
+
+The initial developmental release of ts.