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-.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/diffpy/diffpy.pdffit2.svg?branch=master
-   :target: https://travis-ci.org/diffpy/diffpy.pdffit2
 
 .. image:: https://codecov.io/gh/diffpy/diffpy.pdffit2/branch/master/graph/badge.svg
   :target: https://codecov.io/gh/diffpy/diffpy.pdffit2
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+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* Code linted to group flake8 standards
+* Package structure moved to diffpy standard structure
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>