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+mbt version 3.10 2023-10-21
+[Ko van der Sloot]
+* removed dependency on libtar
+* Timbl::ClassDistribution replaces Timbl::ValueDistribution
+* modernizing code
+* use ticcutils > 0.34 to have NF normalization of Unicode
+
 mbt version 3.9 2023-01-02
 [Ko van der Sloot]
 * start using the newest Timbl