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@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ Now go to
 <a href="https://bugs.freedesktop.org/editversions.cgi?action=add&amp;product=Mesa" target="_parent">Bugzilla</a> and add the new Mesa version X.Y.
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-Check for rare that there are no distribution breaking changes and revert them
-if needed. Extremely rare - we had only one case so far (see
-commit 2ced8eb136528914e1bf4e000dea06a9d53c7e04).
+Check that there are no distribution breaking changes and revert them if needed.
+For example: files being overwritten on install, etc. Happens extremely rarely -
+we had only one case so far (see commit 2ced8eb136528914e1bf4e000dea06a9d53c7e04).
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 Proceed to <a href="#release">release</a> -rc1.