From 633cd5e90d413b5c62366e4525c45aec68131f56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Nicholas <tom@cworthy.org>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:59:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] release note for #87 (#307)

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 docs/releases.rst | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/releases.rst b/docs/releases.rst
index 1d620c99..bde41778 100644
--- a/docs/releases.rst
+++ b/docs/releases.rst
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Documentation
 Internal Changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+- Added experimental new HDF file reader which doesn't use kerchunk, accessible by importing ``virtualizarr.readers.hdf.HDFVirtualBackend``.
+  (:pull:`87`) By `Sean Harkins <https://github.com/sharkinsspatial>`_.
 - Support downstream type checking by adding py.typed marker file.
   (:pull:`306`) By `Max Jones <https://github.com/maxrjones>`_.