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+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* Moved diffpy.srmise from python2 to python3.
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* Removed travis.yml and other useless files
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Fixed numpy format boolean counting, numpy int slicing error.
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>