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+### v1.0 - not released yet
+
+- remove deprecated functionality
+  - `pg.connect` now __requires__ 3 arguments
+    - Client#pauseDrain() / Client#resumeDrain removed
+      - numeric, decimal, and float data types no longer parsed into float before being returned. Will be returned from query results as `String`
+
+
+### v0.14.0
+
+- add deprecation warnings in prep for v1.0
+- fix read/write failures in native module under node v0.9.x