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 This file describes changes in recent versions of SLURM. It primarily
 documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins. 
 
+* Changes in SLURM 1.1.0-pre3
+=============================
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 * Changes in SLURM 1.1.0-pre2
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  -- Added basic "sbcast" support, still needs message fanout logic.