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 Package: V8
 Type: Package
 Title: Embedded JavaScript and WebAssembly Engine for R
-Version: 3.4
+Version: 3.4.0
 Authors@R: person("Jeroen", "Ooms", role = c("aut", "cre"), email = "jeroen@berkeley.edu",
     comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4035-0289"))
 Description: An R interface to V8: Google's open source JavaScript and WebAssembly 
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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-3.4
+3.4.0
  - When setting envvar DOWNLOAD_STATIC_LIBV8=1 on Linux at build-time, the
    configure script automatically downloads a static libv8, instead of looking
    for libv8 on the system. This allows the package to be installed on distros