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diff --git a/python-bitarray.changes b/python-bitarray.changes
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb 10 10:27:32 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 2.7.0:
+  * add util.sc_encode() and util.sc_decode() for
+    compression of sparse bitarrays
+  * add util.any_and()
+  * add util.intervals()
+  * move functionality of the following utility functions
+    entirely to C:
+    hex2ba(), base2ba(), deserialize(), vl_decode(), zeros()
+  * improve error checking for unpickling
+  * add distance metrics
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan  2 18:35:34 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
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 %{?!python_module:%define python_module() python-%{**} python3-%{**}}
 Name:           python-bitarray
-Version:        2.6.2
+Version:        2.7.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Efficient Arrays of Booleans
 License:        Python-2.0