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 # Changelog
 
-## [unreleased]
+## [0.1.0.8]
+- remove `text-icu` dependency at the cost sof not detecting grapheme clusters correctly
 
 ## [0.1.0.7]
 - fix several bugs
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 cabal-version: 1.12
 
 name:           tinytools
-version:        0.1.0.7
+version:        0.1.0.8
 description:    tinytools is a mono-space unicode diagram editor library, tinytools is only the model and controller. See tinytools-vty for a terminal based view frontend.
 homepage:       https://github.com/minimapletinytools/tinytools#readme
 bug-reports:    https://github.com/minimapletinytools/tinytools/issues