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 	Fixes all over the tree and new features.
 
+	Architecture: Powerpc64 BE/LE added, AVR32 deprecated.
+	Improved altivec / SPE /atomic instructions
+	handling. Additional PowerPC CPU variants added.
+
+	Defconfigs: Atmel SAMA5D3, Congatec QMX6, Lego ev3, TS-5x00,
+	qemu-system-xtensa, qemu-aarch64-virt added. A number of
+	tweaks to existing ones. lpc32xx defconfigs removed.
+
+	Toolchain: Microblaze support for internal musl toolchain.
+	Default to GCC 4.8 for internal toolchain, remove deprecated
+	4.3 and 4.6 versions.
+	External CodeSourcery / Linaro toolchain updates, option to
+	copy gconv libraries for external toolchains.
+
+	Infrastructure: graph-depends: misc fixes, transitive
+	dependencies are not drawn by default. Download handling is
+	now done using helper scripts. Integrity of downloads can now
+	be verified using sha* hashes. Subversion download now uses
+	peg revisions for robustness.
+	Legal-info: License info of local or overridden packages are
+	saved as well. Toolchain packages are also taken into account.
+	autotools: Static linking with libtool / v1.5 improvements.
+	Gettextize support, similar to autoreconf.
+	kconfig package infrastructure added.
+
+	Misc: Version selection for busybox dropped.
+
 	Updated/fixed packages: aespipe, aiccu, alsa-lib, alsa-utils,
 	alsamixergui, argus, armadillo, at, atftp, atk, avahi,
 	avrdude, axel, b43-firmware, b43-fwcutter, bandwidthd, bc,