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 0.9.7	UNRELEASED
 
+ * Don't attempt to encode bytestrings in utf8_bytes_helper().
+   (Jelmer Vernooij, #1647101)
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 0.9.6	2016-04-19
 
  * Add python3.4 support (Jelmer Vernooij)