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+v0.8.18-head 2014-XX-YY  The Irssi team <staff@irssi.org>
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 v0.8.17 2014-10-11  The Irssi team <staff@irssi.org>
 	+ Document that SSL connections aren't properly handled during /UPGRADE. See Github PR #39.
 	+ Synchronize scripts with scripts.irssi.org.