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+let [<Literal>]PACKAGE_METADATA = """(*
+---
+Name: test
+MajorVersion: 999
+MinorVersion: 999
+PatchVersion: 999
+Publish: false
+Summary: this package is here for testing purposes only.
+Description: this package is here for testing purposes only.
+Authors:
+  - FullName: John Doe
+    Email: j@d.com
+    Affiliation: University of Nowhere
+    AffiliationLink: https://nowhere.edu
+  - FullName: Jane Doe
+    Email: jj@d.com
+    Affiliation: University of Somewhere
+    AffiliationLink: https://somewhere.edu
+Tags:
+  - Name: validation
+  - Name: my-package
+  - Name: thing
+ReleaseNotes: "publish a package version that will eternally be the latest preview version"
+---
+*)"""
+
+printfn "If you can read this in your console, you successfully executed preview test package v999.999.999!" 
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