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 Changelog
 ++++++++++
 
+
+2011-12-20 Renaming, refactoring, new maintainer
+================================================
+
+Since the original author diseappeared from the internet, we undertook to
+maintain and upgrade this piece of software.
+
+It works really well, but we cannot guarantee or otherwise support its current
+state.
+
+The latest "legacy" tag should be V1.0-RC-1. Anything above that should be
+considered experimental and unstable until further notice (there be dragons).
+
+New features, bug fixes and other improvements will be added to trunk from now
+on.
+
+
 2011-01-24 V1.0 Release Candidate 1
 ===================================
 
@@ -346,4 +363,4 @@ This should be the final DB schema now.
 
 Django's ContentType is now used instead of app-label and model-name
 This is a cleaner and more efficient solution
-Thanks to Ilya Semenov for the suggestion.
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+Thanks to Ilya Semenov for the suggestion.