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+0.5.0 - real life fixes
+-----------------------
+
+ - parsing parameters now sets the exposure time as float
+ - parsing metadata fails silently
+ - big rework on column names
+ - only most necessary functions exposed on import of package
+ - renamed cli command to `parse_sensospot_data`
+ - moved some functionality in separate modules `utils` and `dynamic_range`
+ 
+0.5.1
+=====
+- added standard aggregates functionality to utlis
+- exposed `utils` api functions in package
+
+0.5.2
+=====
+- providing the normalized exposure time to `normalize_values` is now optional
+
+0.5.3
+=====
+- renaming function `split_data_frame` to `split` 
+- added --quite flag to cli to bypass sanity checks
+- removed the aggregate functions from the utils module, is now a spearate project
+
+
 0.4.0  - api changes
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