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+# harpIO 0.2.0
+
+* This version was released in November 2023
+
+* It includes many internal changes to make your experience smoother and 
+includes more informative error messages. 
+
+### Breaking changes 
+
+* Arguments `start_date`, `end_date`, and `by` to read functions are deprecated 
+and replaced by `dttm`, to be used together with `seq_dttm()` to generate a 
+sequence of date-time strings. Note that you can still use the old arguments, 
+but will be periodically warned to change.
+
+* New column names in outputs to read functions
+
+|Old name|New name|
+|:-------|:-------|
+|fcdate|fcst_dttm|
+|validdate|valid_dttm|
+|leadtime|lead_time|
+
+* `bind_fcst()` is deprecated. `bind()` should be used instead. 
+
+* `get_filenames()` is deprecated. `generate_filenames()` should be used instead.
+
+* `msub()` is deprecated. `psub()` should be used instead.
+
+* `read_det_interpolate()` and `read_eps_interpolate()` are defunct. 
+`read_forecast(..., transformation = "interpolate")` should be used instead. 
+
+* `read_obs_convert()` is defunct. `read_obs(..., transformation = "...")` 
+should be used instead.
+
+### Selected new features
+
+* Parameters are defined via the internal data list `harp_params`. This list 
+includes parameter name substitutions for different file formats and the 
+possibility to apply a function to specific parameters at read time. 
+
+* The parameter list can be added to or modified with `add_param_def()` and 
+`modify_param_def()` respectively. 
+
+* All data read in by harp read functions attain a class - the print method 
+for each class tells you what type of dataset it is. One exception is for 
+`read_obs()` and `read_point_obs()`, which both return basic tibbles (data 
+frames).
+
+* `use_grib_stepRange()` is added as a helper to select grib messages via
+`grib_opts(param_find = list(param = use_grib_stepRange(...)))`. This is useful 
+for determining between accumulated and instantaneous variables with the same
+grib shortName. `{lead_time}` can be used to take the current lead time.  
+
+
+# harpIO 0.0.9
+
+* This is the version that is basically unchanged since late 2021 / early 2022.
+
+* It was officially tagged v0.9.0 in November 2023
+
 # harpIO 0.0.0.9168
 
 ### Update of grib and FA handling