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+This is a patch release in response to a 2023-06-28 email from Kurt Hornik about
+inputs to numeric_version() and package_version().
+
+In this case, the problematic inputs came from implicit usage via `>` in some
+tests and these have been changed to comparison to character or removed
+entirely.
+
+I did NOT rerun reverse dependency checks because usethis's last patch release
+was less than 2 weeks ago, also in response to a request from Kurt Hornik about
+numeric versions.
+
 ## R CMD check results
 
 0 errors | 0 warnings | 0 notes
 
 ## revdepcheck results
 
+From the previous patch release on 2023-06-23:
+
 We checked 181 reverse dependencies, comparing R CMD check results across CRAN and dev versions of this package.
 
  * We saw no new problems