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@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 1.2.17
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+ -- In select/cons_res properly release resources allocated to job being suspended
+    (rmbreak.patch, from Chris Holmes, HP).
 
 * Changes in SLURM 1.2.16
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