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+2016-04-17  Ben Elliston  <bje@gnu.org>
+
+	* NEWS: Start a new section for the next release.
+
 2016-04-15  Ben Elliston  <bje@gnu.org>
 
 	* Makefile.am (CONTRIB): Add new contrib scripts.
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 -* text -*-
 
+Changes since 1.6:
+
+
 Changes since 1.5.3:
 
 1. Proper support for target communication via SSH has been added.