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+  <li><b>16 January 2009 -- Release candidate and new maintainer</b>
+    <p>It has been a long time coming, but we finally have a new
+    release candidate! - And a new maintainer to match (Peter Korsgaard).</p>
+
+    <p>Head to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+    <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2009.02-rc1.tar.bz2">2009.02-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>. The plan is to
+    release 2009.02 in time for <a
+    href="http://www.fosdem.org/2009/">FOSDEM</a>.</p>
+
   <li><b>16 July 2006 -- Buildroot mailing list</b>
     <p>Buildroot now has its own <a href=lists.html>mailing list</a>.</p>