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 GNU inetutils NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
 
-* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+* Noteworthy changes in release 2.5.90 (2024-09-04) [alpha]
 
 ** The release tarball is now reproducible.
 The following pairs are tested continously: Trisquel 11 and Ubuntu