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+Release 0.2.4 (10 April, 2011)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Notable changes:
+
+ * Give an error if the index file is older than the data file.
+
+ * Avoid a segfault given flawed input.
+
+ * Added Python APIs contributed by Hyeshik Chang. The new APIs do not bind to
+   the dynamic library and are reported to be faster. Pysam also comes with a
+   tabix binding.
+
+ * Added option "-r" for efficient header replacement.
+
+ * Added BED support.
+
+ * Synchronized the BGZF library between tabix and samtools.
+
+(0.2.4: 10 April 2011, r949)
+
+
+
+Beta Release 0.2.3 (8 December, 2010)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Notable changes:
+
+ * Fixed a minor bug where the first record in a headerless file may be
+   missed.
+
+ * Added an option to print header lines.
+
+ * Fixed a rare bug which may occasionally happen when retrieving data
+   from a region without any records.
+
+ * Enhanced error reporting.
+
+ * Fixed a bug in bgzip which may delete the original file even if not
+   intended.
+
+(0.2.3: 8 December 2010, r876)
+
+
+
+Beta Release 0.2.2 (28 June, 2010)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Notable changes:
+
+ * Dropped the VCF3 support. Added VCF4 support.
+
+ * Avoided the function name collision with samtools.
+
+(0.2.2: 28 June 2010, r603)
+
+
+
+Beta Release 0.2.1 (3 June, 2010)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Notable changes:
+
+ * Allow shared library to be compiled. Added python binding to the
+   shared library.
+
+(0.2.1: 3 June 2010, r582)
+
+
+
+Beta Release 0.2.0 (11 May, 2010)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Notable changes:
+
+ * Fixed an issue for random access given an interval end larger than
+   2^29.
+
+ * Updated the Java binding.
+
+ * Added a Perl module using XS.
+
+ * Improved the C APIs.
+
+(0.2.0: 11 May 2010, r574)
+
+
+
+Beta Release 0.1.6 (9 May, 2010)
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Notable changes:
+
+ * Improved backward compatibility. Release 0.1.5 does not work with the
+   buggy index file generated by 0.1.2.
+
+ * Fixed a bug in building linear index. The bug does not affect the
+   results, only affects efficiency in rare cases.
+
+ * Reduced the number of seek calls given an index generated by old
+   version of tabix.
+
+ * Added new APIs for retrieving data via an iterator. The old callback
+   APIs are not changed, although internally it uses iterator to
+   retrieve data.
+
+I am trying to freeze tabix. I just hope I am committing new bugs.
+
+(0.1.6: 9 May 2010, r563)
+
+
+
 Beta Release 0.1.5 (5 May, 2010)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Notable changes:
 
- * Clarify that tabix is released under MIT/X11.
+ * Clarified that tabix is released under MIT/X11.
 
- * Improve the robustness of indexing and retrieval.
+ * Improved the robustness of indexing and retrieval.
 
- * Reduce the number of seek calls when the specified region starts from
-   a 16kb block with no data. The index format is the same, but the
+ * Reduced the number of seek calls when the specified region starts
+   from a 16kb block with no data. The index format is the same, but the
    content is changed a little.
 
 (0.1.5: 5 May 2010, r560)