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 Package: mlr3db
 Title: Data Base Backend for 'mlr3'
-Version: 0.5.1-9000
+Version: 0.5.2
 Authors@R:
     person(given = "Michel",
            family = "Lang",
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 - Bugfix: `DataBackendDuckDB` calculated missing values incorrectly.
 - Compatibility with future versions of `dbplyr` (#35).
+- Finalizers are now private
 
 # mlr3db 0.5.1