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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)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~