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 Package: forecast
-Version: 8.22.0
+Version: 8.22.0.9000
 Title: Forecasting Functions for Time Series and Linear Models
 Description: Methods and tools for displaying and analysing
              univariate time series forecasts including exponential smoothing
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+# forecast (development version)
+
 # forecast 8.22.0
   * hfitted now much faster for ARIMA models (danigiro, #949)
   * hfitted now much faster for ETS models, and produces fitted values from