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+mercurial (7.0~rc1-1) experimental; urgency=medium
+
+  * New upstream release candidate.
+
+ -- Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>  Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:27:03 +0100
+
 mercurial (7.0~rc0-2) experimental; urgency=medium
 
   * Adjust how we run the test suite to not need pip and network access