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+## Versioning
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+Minor version bumps should be backwards compatible.  Major bumps are not.
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 ## Name Conflict
 
 There are, sadly, two libraries which use the module name `magic`.  Both have been around for quite a while.If you are using this module and get an error using a method like `open`, your code is expecting the other one.  Hopefully one day these will be reconciled.