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+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 17 09:31:56 UTC 2025 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.com>
+
+- Update to 3.8.0
+  * add experimental support for free-threaded builds (GIL disabled), #234
+  * remove `_set_default_endian()`
+  * add `.__bytes__()`, see #246
+
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 Tue Oct 21 09:19:26 UTC 2025 - John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <adrian.glaubitz@suse.com>
 
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 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           python-bitarray
-Version:        3.7.2
+Version:        3.8.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Efficient Arrays of Booleans
 License:        Python-2.0