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+This file documents changes for QEMU releases 0.12 and earlier.
+For changelog information for later releases, see
+http://wiki.qemu.org/ChangeLog or look at the git history for
+more detailed information.
+
+
 version 0.12.0:
 
   - Update to SeaBIOS 0.5.0