Release v2.1.x, xxx
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  * Ability to merge databases using '+' as a delimiter
  * useSuperseded flag in getExpResults is marked as deprecated, 
    as we now just put superseded results in separate database
  * slightly extended output of summary printer
  * added scan summary (summary.txt) when running over multiple files
  * added option to slha-printer (expandedOutput)
  * improved interactive plots 

Release v2.0.0, Mon 15 Mar 2021
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  * Introduction of Particle class
  * Introduction of model class
  * Input model can now be defined by an SLHA file with QNUMBERS blocks  
  * Unified treatment of SLHA and LHE input files
  * Decomposition and experimental results can now handle lifetime dependent results
  * Added field "type" to the experimental results in the database
  * Added (optional) "intermediateState" to the experimental results in the database
  * Inclusive branches can now describe inclusive vertices  
  * Added possibility for analysis specific detector size  
  * New missing topologies algorithm and output  
  * Added "latest" and "latest_fastlim" database abbreviations
  * Added support for central database server  
  * Small bug fix in likelihood computation
  * Small fix due to an API change in pyhf 0.6
  * Changes in output: width values added, coverage groups and others (see manual for details)
  * Added option for signal strength multipliers in cross section calculator
  * Small bug fixes in models


Release v1.2.4, Thu 3 Sep 2020
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  * added pyhf support
  * pickle path bug fix
  * bug fix for parallel xseccomputers
  * Introduced the SMODELS_CACHEDIR environment variable to allow for a different
    location of the cached database file
  * fixed dataId bug in datasets

Release v1.2.3, Mon 27 Apr 2020
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  * database updated with results from more than 20 new analyses
  * server for databases is now smodels.github.io, not smodels.hephy.at
  * small bug fix for displaced topologies
  * small fix in slha printer, r_expected was r_observed
  * Downloaded database files now stored in $HOME/.cache/smodels

Release v1.2.2, Tue 28 Nov 2018
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  * Updated database, added T3GQ eff maps for 8TeV and a few ATLAS 13 TeV results
  * Database "official" now refers to a database without fastlim results, "official_fastlim", to the official database *with* fastlim
  * List displaced signatures in missing topologies
  * Small improvements in documentation
  * Fix in clustering for asymmetric masses
  * Small improvements in the interactive plots tool

Release v1.2.1, Tue 9 Oct 2018
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  * Fix in particleNames for non-MSSM models
  * Fixed the "marginalize" recipe
  * Fixed the T2bbWWoff 44 signal regions plots in manual

Release v1.2.0, Wed 15 Aug 2018
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  * Decomposition and experimental results properly handle non-MET BSM final states (e.g. HSCP)
  * Added lifetime reweighting at decomposition for meta-stable particles
  * Added finalState property for Elements (backwards compatible)
  * Introduced inclusive branches and particles (for description of HSCP results)
  * Inclusion of HSCP and R-hadron results in the database

Release v1.1.3, Wed 08 Aug 2018
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  * support for covariance matrices and combination of signal regions
  * new plotting tool added to smodelsTools.py (interactive-plots)
  * path to particles.py can now be specified in parameters.ini file
  * wildcards allowed when selecting analyses, datasets, txnames
  * Added option to show individual contributions from
    topologies to total theory prediction
  * Database path allows URLs
  * Python default changed from python2 to python3
  * Fixed lastUpdate bug, now giving correct date
  * Changes in pickling (e.g. subpickling, removing redundant zeroes)
  * smodelsTools.py now has fixpermissions, for system-wide installs
  * fixed small issue with pair production of even particles
  * Moved the code documentation to the manual
  * Added option for installing within the source folder

Release v1.1.2, Fri 02 Mar 2018
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  * Database update only, the code is identical with v1.1.1

Release v1.1.1, Tue 27 Jun 2017
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  * pythia8 support
  * colored loggers
  * improved binary database
  * automated SLHA and LHE file detection
  * smodelsTools.py now also supports toolbox
  * C++ interface
  * Fix and improvements for missing topologies
  * Added SLHA-type output
  * Small improvements in interpolation and clustering

Release v1.1.0patch1, Tue 21 Feb 2017
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  * pions added to final state particles
  * added full list of PIDs in asymmetric and long topologies coverage output
  * fix in CMS-SUS-12-024-eff, ATLAS-SUSY-2013-11-eff and CMS-SUS-13-013-eff

Release v1.1.0, Mon 23 Jan 2017 08:00:00 PM CET
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  * the inclusion of efficiency maps
  * a new and more flexible database format
  * extended information on topology coverage
  * inclusion of likelihood and chi2 calculation for efficiency maps
  * inclusion of a database browser tool for easy access to the information
    stored in the database
  * the database now supports also a more efficient binary format
  * performance improvement for the decomposition of the input model
  * inclusion of new simplified results to the database
    (including a few 13 TeV results)
  * fastlim efficiency maps can now also be used in SModelS

Release v1.0.4, Fri 11 Mar 2016 11:18:46 AM CET
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  * @memoize bug fixed (Andre Lessa)
  * database.bib file included (Wolfgang Waltenberger)
  * README file updated (Jory Sonneveld and Wolfgang Waltenberger)


Release v1.0.3, Tue 17 Mar 2015 09:22:03 AM BRT
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  * Sorting particles within vertices in missing topologies (Ursula Laa)


Release v1.0.2, Wed 25 Feb 2015 02:48:11 PM BRT
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  * lepton summation fix in runSModelS (Ursula Laa)
  * Major speedup in slha file decomposition (Andre Lessa)


Release v1.0.1, Thu 22 Jan 2015 12:42:29 PM BRST
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  * cluster bug fix (Andre Lessa)
  * slha checks updates (Ursula Laa)
  * Fixed SUS-13-012 bug in database (Michael Traub)
  * updated references.bib to include SLAC meta info (Wolfgang Waltenberger)