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+# mlr3misc 0.12.0-9000
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+* fix: Fixed an important bug that caused serialized objects to be overly large
+when installing mlr3 with `--with-keep.source` (#88)
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 # mlr3misc 0.12.0
 
 * Added new encapsulation mode `"try"`.