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-This is the Guile developer notice-board.  -*- change-log-mode -*-
+This is the Guile developer notice-board.  -*- change-log -*-
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 CONTENTS: Notes of various kinds which the Guile developers want to
 share among eachother, e. g., a memo about something which needs