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@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 TagLib 1.6
 ==========
 
+1.6:
+
+ * New CMake option to build a static version - ENABLE_STATIC.
+ * Added support for disabling dllimport/dllexport on Windows using the
+   TAGLIB_STATIC macro.
+ * Support for parsing the obsolete 'gnre' MP4 atom.
+ * New cpp macros TAGLIB_WITH_MP4 and TAGLIB_WITH_ASF to determin if
+   TagLib was built with MP4/ASF support.
+
+1.6 RC1:
+
  * Split Ogg packets larger than 64k into multiple pages. (BUG:171957)
  * TagLib can now use FLAC padding block. (BUG:107659)
  * ID3v2.2 frames are now not incorrectly saved. (BUG:176373)