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 #### notes on release changes, ongoing development, and future planned work
 
-## (current master)
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-## 1.25.0
-- drop support for julia `1.5`
-- support julia LTS `1.6` and julia `1.7`
+## NOTE: this file is deprecated, see the [TagBot](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/julia-tagbot) auto-generated changelogs instead
 
 ## 0.28.3
 - support generalized array interface