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@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ both quick recipes and updated information where needed. You can [download](LOCA
 and try out the MCPL distribution right away, or use the
 menu above to navigate to more information.
 
+* January 26, 2018:
+  MCPL is now available on the [Python Package Index](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mcpl)!
+  Thus, `pip install mcpl` now gives access to the [pymcpltool](LOCAL:usage_cmdline#extract-statistics-from-a-file)
+  and the [mcpl python module](LOCAL:usage_python).
 * January 23, 2018:
   [v1.2.1](https://github.com/mctools/mcpl/releases/tag/v1.2.1)
   released. This is a pure maintenance release.