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+# startR next release (Release date: )
+- Bugfixes of transform in Start(). Change the default value of param 'extra_cells' to 2. (issue37)
+- Bugfixes of chunk function in Utils.R (issue23)
+- Bugfixes of paramter 'split_multiselected_dims' in ByChunk.R
+- Bugfixes for chunking at dimensions which are assigned with list in Start() (issue38)
+- Documentation improvement
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+# startR v0.1.3 (Release date: 2019-08-05)
+- Add parameter 'use_attributes' in Step().
+- Add paramter 'CDO_module' in Compute(cluster = list()). It is mandatory for using functions which depend on cdo (e.g., s2dverification::CDORemap) in operation.
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