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pyfrc 2015.2.0 released

An important change in 2015.2.0 is that on robot code deploy, pyfrc will now check your robot's WPILib and make sure that it matches your currently installed WPILib on your computer.

The intent is to make sure that the version you're testing with on your computer is the same version as your robot, as that can cause unexpected incompatibilities. Additionally, I think this will help remind inexperienced programmers of the importance of keeping the versions up to date -- particularly this year as RobotPy has been releasing new versions very frequently.

I'm interested in feedback on this change, let me know if you disagree with it.
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