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 Package: mlr3
 Title: Machine Learning in R - Next Generation
-Version: 0.17.0.9000
+Version: 0.17.1
 Authors@R:
   c(
     person("Michel", "Lang", , "michellang@gmail.com", role = c("cre", "aut"),
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-# mlr3 (development version)
+# mlr3 0.17.1
 
+* Remove `data_prototype` when resampling from `learner$state` to reduce memory consumption.
 * Reduce number of threads used by `data.table` and BLAS to 1 when running `resample()` or `benchmark()` in parallel.
 * Optimize runtime of `resample()` and `benchmark()` by reducing the number of hashing operations.