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+A collection of scripts for development testing. Not meant to be user facing.
diff --git a/src/diffpy/srreal/devutils/tunePeakPrecision.py b/devutils/tunePeakPrecision.py
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rename to devutils/tunePeakPrecision.py
diff --git a/news/devutils.rst b/news/devutils.rst
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+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* Remove utils scripts ``devutils`` from the package.
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>