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 Package: later
 Type: Package
 Title: Utilities for Scheduling Functions to Execute Later with Event Loops
-Version: 1.2.0
+Version: 1.2.0.9000
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Winston", "Chang", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "winston@rstudio.com"),
     person("Joe", "Cheng", role = c("aut"), email = "joe@rstudio.com"),
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+## later 1.2.0.9000
+
+* Closed #148: When later was attached, `parallel::makeForkCluster()` would fail. (#149)
+
 ## later 1.2.0
 
 * Closed #138: later is now licensed as MIT. (#139)