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+Release 0.8 (01/26/2016)
+=============================
+- Enhanced upload/daq performance and functionality (hidden files are not
+  processed, for uploads system can detect files that had been processed 
+  already)
+- Source file checksum is calculated for rsync/gridftp plugins by default
+
 Release 0.7 (12/08/2015)
 =============================