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 ==============================================
+NetworkManager-0.9.4
+Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.9.2
+==============================================
+
+This is a new stable release of NetworkManager.  Notable changes include:
+
+* Better handling of WiFi devices via nl80211 when available (instead of WEXT)
+* IP configuration is now non-blocking; waiting for IPv6 RA no longer blocks
+    the device from activating if IPv4 is ready and vice versa
+* Addded support for firewall "zones" via FirewallD
+* Added basic support for bonded interfaces
+* WiFi connections are no longer locked to a specific MAC address if they are
+    "locally administered" addresses (ie, 02:::::)
+* New state change reasons have been added for mobile broadband PIN errors
+* Agent-owned secrets are now sent to agents for newly created connections
+* Support for non-UTF8-encoded 802.1x passwords has been added
+* libnm-glib now fetches some properties more aggressively (like active
+    connections, access points, etc)
+* Added basic support for IP-over-Infiniband interfaces
+* Added support for device plugins and converted WiMAX support to a plugin for
+    easier packaging and simpler dependencies
+* Added support for VLAN interfaces
+* Added support for 802.1x EAP-FAST authentication
+* Added non-blocking mode and API to libnm-glib
+* Linux Wireless Extensions (WEXT) support can be disabled at configure time
+    with --with-wext=no
+* IPv6 Privacy Extensions are now enabled by default for new connections
+* Support for checking Internet connectivity has been added
+* The ifnet system config plugin rewrites config files less often
+* A bug causing IPv6 address assignment to fail on newer kernels with libnl3
+    has been fixed
+* Fix a bug in the ifcfg-rh plugin with backticks in WPA passphrases
+* Ensure connections that cannot be stored are ignored by the ifnet plugin
+* Enable out-of-the-box IPv6 connectivity by allowing IPv4 to fail if IPv6 succeeds
+* Allow proxying of DNSSEC data when using the dnsmasq local caching nameserver plugin
+* Add support for multiple domain names sent from VPN plugins
+* Removed support for WiFi Ad-Hoc WPA connections due to kernel bugs
+
+
+==============================================
 NetworkManager-0.9.2
 Overview of changes since NetworkManager-0.9.0
 ==============================================
 
+This is a new stable release of NetworkManager.  Notable changes include:
+
 * Support for libnl2 and libnl3 and various memory leak fixes
 * Bug fixes for the ifnet config plugin
 * Ensure IPv6 link-local DNS servers work correctly in the dnsmasq DNS plugin