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 Package: graphlayouts
 Title: Additional Layout Algorithms for Network Visualizations
-Version: 1.2.0.9000
+Version: 1.2.1
 Authors@R: person("David", "Schoch", email = "david@schochastics.net", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-2952-4812"))
 Description: Several new layout algorithms to visualize networks are provided which are not part of 'igraph'. 
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-# graphlayouts 1.2.0.9000
+# graphlayouts 1.2.1
 
 * moves oaqc back to suggested packages and removed ported code
 
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-## Update from 1.1.1 to 1.2.0
+## Update from 1.2.0 to 1.2.1
 
-* fixed CRAN check issues
+* removed ported code from other packages
 
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