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-	* Unreleased *
+Tue Nov 28 2023 Oksana Sałyk <oksana.salyk@intel.com>
 
-	This release:
+	* Version 2.0.1-rc1
+
+	This release :
 	- Significantly reduces the libpmem's stack usage.
 	- pmemobj_open() stack usage reduction below 12kB threshold.
 
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-$Format:%h$
\ No newline at end of file
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+2.0.1-rc1