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+Major changes in 0.6.1:
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+Major changes in this release:
+* New libspice API to handle backwards compatibility
+* Fix X crash in X client
+* Fix memory leaks and crashes
+* Portability fixes
+
 Major changes in 0.6.0:
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 Major changes in this releas: