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-Version 2.9.0 beta1
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+Version 2.9.0 rc1
+-----------------
-*(Released Thu, 29 Aug 2013)*
+*(Released Tue, 1 Oct 2013)*
Incompatible/important changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- ``hslogger`` (http://software.complete.org/hslogger) is now always
required, even if confd is not enabled.
+Since 2.9.0 beta1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- various bug fixes
+- update of the documentation, in particular installation instructions
+- merging of LD_* constants into DT_* constants
+- python style changes to be compatible with newer versions of pylint
+
+
+Version 2.9.0 beta1
+-------------------
+
+*(Released Thu, 29 Aug 2013)*
+
+This was the first beta release of the 2.9 series. All important changes
+are listed in the latest 2.9 entry.
+
Version 2.8.0
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