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+  <li><b>9 February 2009 -- 2009.02-rc4 released</b>
+    <p>We had more than 50 changes since RC3, several of them
+    toolchain related, so decided to make a RC4 as well. This is
+    very much expected to be the final release candidate, so give it
+    a good test and expect a final 2009.02 release this week unless
+    critical issues are found.</p>
+
+    <p>Head to the <a href="/downloads/">downloads page</a> to pick up the
+    <a href="/downloads/buildroot-2009.02-rc4.tar.bz2">2009.02-rc4
+    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>31 January 2009 -- 2009.02-rc3 released</b>
       <p>RC3 is out with more cleanups and bug fixes. Unless big issues
     are found, expect this to be the last release candidate before the