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 Package: RSQLite
 Title: SQLite Interface for R
-Version: 2.3.9
-Date: 2024-12-02
+Version: 2.3.9.9000
+Date: 2024-12-07
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Kirill", "Müller", , "kirill@cynkra.com", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-1416-3412")),
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 <!-- NEWS.md is maintained by https://fledge.cynkra.com, contributors should not edit this file -->
 
+# RSQLite 2.3.9.9000 (2024-12-07)
+
+## Continuous integration
+
+- Import from actions-sync, check carefully (#557).
+
+
 # RSQLite 2.3.9 (2024-12-03)
 
 ## Features