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+Version 4.8.4
+
+- Core
+
+    * Use xdg-open by default in mc.ext.in if present to open files, fallback on current scheme otherwise (#2118)
+    * Improve of mouse event handling in dialogs (#2817)
+    * Show extended info about compiled-in paths for internal/external macros in the "mc -F" output (2495)
+
+- VFS
+
+    * Added SFTP support (#1535)
+
+- Editor
+
+    * Multieditor: allow edit many files in one mcedit window (#2261, #2839)
+    * Aspell support for spell check (#2788)
+
+- Viewer
+
+    * Handle CK_FileNext/CK_FilePrev actions inside mcviewer (#2814)
+
+- Misc
+
+    * Tweak and cleanup of code in case of --disable-charset option usage (#2827)
+    * File extension support:
+        - .gem - rubygems (#2797)
+        - .cpio.xz - compressed cpio archives (#2798)
+        - .webm - WebM video (#2746)
+        - .lib - gputils artifacts (#2751)
+
+- Fixes
+
+    * Build failure on FreeBSD 6 (#2808)
+    * src/filemanager/filegui.c does not compile on Solaris due to missing macros (#2825)
+    * Loss of data on copy to full partition (#2829)
+    * Crash at Chown command (#2784)
+    * Crash when creating relative symlink (#2787)
+    * Misinterpretation of dirs as command line arguments (#2783, #2805)
+    * Number of panelized files was limited to 127 (#2813)
+    * CK_History removes CK_HistoryNext entries (#2313)
+    * URL with port was stored wrong in history (#2833)
+    * Can't find 00 (zeroes) in patterns in hex search (#2795)
+    * Hotkey conflicts in 'Search' dialog (#2843)
+    * Error message when entering into compressed tar and cpio archives (#2785)
+    * Garbage directory listing in ftpfs (#2800)
+    * Incomplete sand256 skin (#2807)
+    * mcedit scripts are installed as data files (#1437)
+    * Fails to build from source with --enable-tests (#2786)
+    * Tests failure on PowerPC,S390,S390x (#2804)
+    * Fail to compile if --without-vfs configure option specified (#2834)
+    * do_panel_cd: FTBFS with --enable-tests on [kfreebsd-i386,kfreebsd-amd64,ia64,armhf] (#2803)
+
 Version 4.8.3
 
 - Misc