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+Major changes in 0.5.3:
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+
+Major changes in this release:
+* Various changes in the network protocol to make it more efficient.
+* New commandline arguments to enable/disable jpeg and zlip-over-glz.
+* Initial work on clipboard sharing added
+* Fix color channel order for mjpegs when connecting to older spice
+   server.
+
 Major changes in 0.5.2:
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