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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.
 
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+* Changes in SLURM 1.2.0-pre12
+==============================
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 * Changes in SLURM 1.2.0-pre11
 ==============================
  -- Add multi-core options to slurm_step_launch API.