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 Package: jose
 Type: Package
 Title: JavaScript Object Signing and Encryption
-Version: 1.1.0
+Version: 1.2.0
 Authors@R: person("Jeroen", "Ooms", role = c("aut", "cre"), 
     email = "jeroen@berkeley.edu", comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4035-0289"))
 Description: Read and write JSON Web Keys (JWK, rfc7517), generate and verify JSON