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+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Nov 26 17:49:54 UTC 2020 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
+
+- update to version 0.5.1:
+  * Update kernel client class JIT if it's the synchronous version
+  * Several documentation fixes / improvements
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Sep  5 16:24:04 UTC 2020 - Arun Persaud <arun@gmx.de>
 
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 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 %define         skip_python2 1
 Name:           python-nbclient
-Version:        0.5.0
+Version:        0.5.1
 Release:        0
 Summary:        A client library for executing notebooks
 License:        BSD-3-Clause