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 Package: mlr3learners
 Title: Recommended Learners for 'mlr3'
-Version: 0.8.0.9000
+Version: 0.9.0
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Michel", "Lang", , "michellang@gmail.com", role = "aut",
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-9754-0393")),
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-# mlr3learners (development version)
+# mlr3learners 0.9.0
 
 * BREAKING CHANGE: Remove ``$loglik()`` method from all learners.
 * feat: Update hyperparameter set of `lrn("classif.ranger")` and `lrn("regr.ranger")` for 0.17.0, adding `na.action` parameter and `"missings"` property, and `poisson` splitrule for regression with a new `poisson.tau` parameter.