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 # Release Notes
 
+## 0.17.1
+
+### Simplified Configuration of Local Device Object
+
+The number and types of optional parameters to the DeviceObject that could be
+defined in keyword arguments or in an INI file was driving me crazy.  There
+is a new simple way that is reflected in the sample applications where
+you can go from this:
+```
+    # make a device object
+    this_device = LocalDeviceObject(
+        objectName=args.ini.objectname,
+        objectIdentifier=int(args.ini.objectidentifier),
+        maxApduLengthAccepted=int(args.ini.maxapdulengthaccepted),
+        segmentationSupported=args.ini.segmentationsupported,
+        vendorIdentifier=int(args.ini.vendoridentifier),
+        )
+```
+to this:
+```
+    this_device = LocalDeviceObject(ini=args.ini)
+    if _debug: _log.debug("    - this_device: %r", this_device)
+```
+
 ## 0.17.0
 
 This release contains a number of new features that will break existing code.