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 2.9.0.dev 
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+2.8.x
+-----
+ 
+- (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 
+  with minor or major pytest releases.
+
+- Fix issue #766 by removing documentation references to distutils.
+  Thanks Russel Winder.
+
+- Fix issue #411: Add __eq__ method to assertion comparison example.
+  Thanks Ben Webb.
 
 2.8.0
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