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+This package was submitted to CRAN on 2019-08-31.
+Once it is accepted, delete this file and tag the release (commit 858b55e3bb).
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
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 ## R CMD check results
 
-This is the first attempt for 1.0.0.  
+This is the second attempt for 1.0.0.  
+
+I have removed the test mock files that increased the size of the package to be over 5MB
 
 There were no ERRORs or WARNINGs or NOTEs