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+Release
+-------
+* Update ocrd-tool.json version
+* Update setup.py version
+* git commit -m 'v<version>'
+* git tag -m 'v<version>' 'v<version>'
+* git push --tags
+
+PyPI:
+* python sdist bdist_wheel
+* twine upload dist/ocrd_calamari-<version>*