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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE appendix PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
-"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd">
-<!--
-This is a dummy changelog file. Don't use it yet.
-It merges upward without conflict.
--->
-<appendix id="news-4-0-x">
-
- <title>
-  Changes in release 4.0.x
- </title>
-
- <para>
-  This is a dummy changelog file. Don't use it yet.
- </para>
-
-</appendix>