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    v1.0.0
    v1.0.1
+   v1.0.2
 
 Version 0.25
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+.. _whatsnew_102:
+
+What's new in 1.0.2 (February ??, 2020)
+---------------------------------------
+
+These are the changes in pandas 1.0.2. See :ref:`release` for a full changelog
+including other versions of pandas.
+
+{{ header }}
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_102.regressions:
+
+Fixed regressions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_102.bug_fixes:
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+-
+-
+
+.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+.. _whatsnew_102.contributors:
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. contributors:: v1.0.1..v1.0.2|HEAD
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