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-??? ??? ?? ????
-	* Version 1.8
+Fri Oct 18 2019 Marcin Ślusarz <marcin.slusarz@intel.com>
+	* Version 1.8-rc1
 
 	This is a first release of vmem as separate project from PMDK.
 
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-$Format:%h %d$
\ No newline at end of file
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+1.8-rc1