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 Package: RPostgres
 Title: C++ Interface to PostgreSQL
-Version: 1.4.7.9015
-Date: 2024-12-08
+Version: 1.4.7.9016
+Date: 2024-12-12
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Hadley", "Wickham", role = "aut"),
     person("Jeroen", "Ooms", role = "aut"),
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 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# RPostgres 1.4.7.9016 (2024-12-12)
+
+## Continuous integration
+
+- Avoid failure in fledge workflow if no changes (#479).
+
+- Remove Aviator.
+
+
 # RPostgres 1.4.7.9015 (2024-12-08)
 
 ## Continuous integration