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 Package: eplusr
 Title: A Toolkit for Using Whole Building Simulation Program
     'EnergyPlus'
-Version: 0.16.2.9006
+Version: 0.16.2.9007
 Authors@R: c(
     person(given = "Hongyuan",
            family = "Jia",
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   EnergyPlus v8.8 and above and directly uncompressed it into the target
   directory (#583).
 
+* Now parameter `readvars` is added in `Idf$run()` and `EplusJob$run()` to
+  control whether to run `ReadVarsESO` after simulation finishes. If CSV outputs
+  are not needed, setting it to false can speed things up (#589).
+
 ## Bug fixes
 
 * Provide more meaningful error messages when installing unsupported EnergyPlus