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 NEWS
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-0.5.3 (to be released) "symbolic synchronization"
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+---------------------------------------------
+0.5.3 (2014-08-01) "symbolic synchronization"
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Not many new features, but lots of fixes and usability improvements.
 
+	- para_gui has been converted to use the paraslash scheduler.
 	- Various alsa-related fixes, mostly for the raspberry pi.
+	- Many scheduler improvements and cleanups.
+	- The test suite has been extended to include sanity checks
+	  for the generated man pages.
+	- ao_writer fixes. This writer was in a quite bad shape. Many
+	  serious bugs have been fixed.
+	- new audiod command: version.
+	- Minor improvements to the bitstream API.
+	- The cpsi command now prints a meaningful error message if
+	  none of the given patterns matched any audio file.
+
+Downloads: ./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2 (tarball),
+./releases/paraslash-0.5.3.tar.bz2.asc (signature)
 
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 0.5.2 (2014-04-11) "orthogonal interior"