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 ------ current release ---------------------------
 
-1.8.1
+1.8.1 (8/20/2009)
  + Fixed bug #231 that broke the build on OpenBSD 32-bit due to a time_t
    and int collision (thanks to Pietro Cerutti).
  + Fixed bug #241 that prevented bash's tab-completion of projects in Fedora