0.9.39
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+Overview of changes leading to 0.9.39
+Wednesday, March 4, 2015
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+
+- Critical hb-coretext fixes.
+- Optimizations and refactoring; no functional change
+  expected.
+- Misc build fixes.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 0.9.38
 Friday, January 23, 2015
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