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-Version 1.3.12 (2013-11-23)
+Version 1.5.0 (2015-04-20)
+  o Major OSPF protocol redesign.
+  o OSPFv2 multi-instance extension (RFC 6549).
+  o BGP AS-wide unique router ID (RFC 6286).
+  o BGP enhanced route refresh (RFC 7313).
+  o Link state support in BGP.
+  o Latency tracking and internal watchdog.
+  o Uses high port range for BFD on BSD.
+  o Increase max symbol length to 64.
+  o Allows to define unnamed protocols from templates.
+  o Fixes two serious bugs in BGP.
+  o Several bugfixes and minor improvements.
+  o Several minor option changes:
+     - OSPF: Protocol-wide 'instance id' option added.
+     - BGP: Parameters to option 'neighbor' extended.
+     - BGP: Separate option 'interface' added.
+     - BGP: Option 'start delay time' renamed to 'connect delay time'.
+     - BGP: Option 'route limit' deprecated.
+
+  Upgrade notes:
+
+  For OSPF, there are deep internal changes, but user-visible changes
+  are limited to log messages and minor changes in formatting of command
+  output.
+
+  For BGP, version 1.5.0 is essentially a minor release. There are two
+  deprecated options ('start delay time' and 'route limit') and some
+  minor formatting changes.
+
+
+Version 1.4.5 (2014-10-06)
+  o New 'show route noexport' command option.
+  o Port option for BGP sessions.
+  o Better constant handling in set literals.
+  o Better rate filtering of log messages.
+  o Several minor bugfixes.
+
+Version 1.4.4 (2014-07-09)
+  o Extended OSPF multipath support.
+  o Default router preference for RAdv.
+  o Significant changes in socket layer.
+  o Important bugfix in BGP.
+  o Several minor bugfixes.
+
+Version 1.4.3 (2014-04-14)
+  o Important bugfix in IPv6 BGP.
+
+Version 1.4.2 (2014-04-02)
+  o Important bugfix in BFD.
+
+Version 1.4.1 (2014-03-31)
+  o BGP add-path support (RFC draft).
+  o BGP graceful restart (RFC 4724).
+  o OSPF: many changes in socket layer.
+  o OSPF: support for secondary addresses in BSD.
+  o OSPF: names for vlink pseudointerfaces (vlinkX).
+  o Several bugfixes.
+
+Version 1.4.0 (2013-11-25)
   o BFD protocol (RFC 5880).
   o BFD support for OSPF and BGP.
   o New 'allow local as' option for BGP.
   o Filters allows setting gw, ifname and ifindex.
   o Filter operator 'delete/filter' extended to bgp_paths.
   o Filter operator 'len' extended to [e]clists.
-  o PID file support.
+  o BIRD client now allows shorthands for noninteractive commands.
+  o Flag -P for PID file support.
+  o Flag -f added to force BIRD to run in foreground.
+  o Protocol export/import/receive limits are checked during reconfiguration.
   o Several bugfixes and minor improvements.
- 
+  o Several minor but incompatible changes:
+     - IBGP is multihop by default.
+     - Changes primary address selection on BSD to the first one.
+     - Integers in filters are handled as unsigned.
+     - ISO 8601 time formats used by default.
+     - Import of device routes from kernel protocol allowed.
+     - Last state change now tracks just protocol state change.
+     - Minor changes to default router ID calculation.
+
 Version 1.3.11 (2013-07-27)
   o OSPF stub router option (RFC 3137).
   o TTL security for OSPF and RIP.