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+flux-sched version 0.13.0 - 2020-11-05
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+
+### Fixes
+
+ * expect Rv1 from resource.acquire, use flux resource reload (#766)
+ * update configs for travis-ci.com migration (#769)
+
+### Features
+
+ * Add support for nodelist for RV1 change and R_lite compression (#764)
+ * Add job shell plugin for data staging on tiered storage systems (#743)
+
 flux-sched version 0.12.0 - 2020-09-30
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