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-New Features in Taskwarrior 2.5.2
+New Features in Taskwarrior 2.5.3
 
-  - The 'QUARTER' virutal tag was added.
-  - The 'help' command now takes a 'usage' argument, which displays only the
-    command usage.
-  - Improved compatibility with SmartOS, OmniOS and OpenIndiana.
-  - New DOM references: annotations.count, tw.syncneeded, tw.program, tw.args,
-    tw.width, tw.height, tw.version.
-  - Renovated 'timesheet' command with a more compact report that accepts a
-    filter, and has a default filter showing the last four weeks of completed
-    and started tasks.
-  - The message telling you to sync now indicates how many local changes will be
-    synced.
+  -
 
-New Commands in Taskwarrior 2.5.2
+New Commands in Taskwarrior 2.5.3
 
-  - The 'purge' command was added, which completely removes old tasks.
-  - Added new 'history.weekly', 'history.daily', 'ghistory.weekly',
-    'ghistory.daily' reports.
+  -
 
-New Configuration Options in Taskwarrior 2.5.2
+New Configuration Options in Taskwarrior 2.5.3
 
-  - New 'relative' column format for 'date' type columns does what 'remaining'
-    and 'countdown' do, but in one format.
-  - The 'default.scheduled' date/duration works just like 'default.due'.
-  - The 'report.timesheet.filter' setting controls the tasks shown by the
-    'timesheet' command.
+  -
 
-Newly Deprecated Features in Taskwarrior 2.5.2
+Newly Deprecated Features in Taskwarrior 2.5.3
 
-  - The 'DUETODAY' virtual tag is a synonym for the 'TODAY' virtual tag, and is
-    not needed.
-  - The 'new-uuid' verbosity option is to be removed, as it is redundant, its
-    functionality will be merged with 'new-id' option.
-  - The use of alternate Boolean configuration settings is deprecated. Use values
-    "0" for off, and "1" for on.  Avoid used of "on", "off", "true", "t",
-    "false", "f", "yes", "y", "no", "n".
-  - The 'context.program', 'context.args', 'context.width' and 'context.height'
-    DOM references are deprecated, replaced by similarly-named 'tw.xxx'
-    references.
+  -
 
-Removed Features in 2.5.2
+Removed Features in 2.5.3
 
-  - Removed 'alias._query' default configuration.
-  - There is no longer a 16-color default configuration for some platforms,
-    making all platforms 256-color.
-  - The configuration setting 'burndown.bias' is no longer used.
-  - The algorithm used to estimate completion on the 'burndown' reports has
-    been replaced by something less icky. Estimates are now based on the net
-    completion rate after the peak number of pending tasks.
-  - The unused 'dom' and 'shell.prompt' configuration settings were removed.
-  - Translations are no longer supported.
+  -
 
 Known Issues