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 Package: RPostgres
 Title: C++ Interface to PostgreSQL
-Version: 1.4.7
-Date: 2024-04-20
+Version: 1.4.7.9000
+Date: 2024-05-26
 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 1.4.7.9000 (2024-05-26)
+
+- Merge branch 'cran-1.4.7'.
+
+
 # RPostgres 1.4.7 (2024-05-26)
 
 ## Features