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 2.8.x
 -----
  
+2.8.1.dev
+---------
+
 - (experimental) adapt more SEMVER style versioning and change meaning of 
   master branch in git repo: "master" branch now keeps the bugfixes, changes 
   aimed for micro releases.  "features" branch will only be be released