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 <ul>
 
+  <li><b>5 May 2009 -- 2009.05-rc1 released</b>
+
+    <p>We have a new release candidate! Lots of changes all over the
+    tree, see the <a
+    href="http://git.buildroot.net/buildroot/plain/CHANGES?id=2009.05_rc1">CHANGES</a>
+    file for details.
+
+    <p>Head to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+    <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2009.05-rc1.tar.bz2">2009.05-rc1
+    release candidate</a>, and report any problems found to the <a
+    href="lists.html">mailing list</a> or <a
+    href="http://bugs.uclibc.org">bug tracker</a>.</p>
+
   <li><b>3 May 2009 -- Moved to git</b>
 
     <p>We've moved the source code from <a