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-Snapshot 1.9.4 (2009-07-xx)
+Snapshot 1.9.4 (2009-10-15)
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 API additions:
 
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ Special thanks:
    To the AuroraUX team for providing access to one of their OpenSolaris
    machines for cairo and pixman development.  http://www.auroraux.org/
 
-
 Snapshot 1.9.2 (2009-06-12)
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 API additions: