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 Package: MsBackendSql
 Title: SQL-based Mass Spectrometry Data Backend
-Version: 1.6.0
+Version: 1.7.0
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Johannes", family = "Rainer",
              email = "Johannes.Rainer@eurac.edu",