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+Changes in version 0.3.1.7 - 2017-09-??
+  Tor 0.3.1.7 is the first stable release in the 0.3.1 series.
+
+  With the 0.3.1 series, Tor now serves and downloads directory
+  information in more compact formats, to save on bandwidth overhead. It
+  also contains a new padding system to resist netflow-based traffic
+  analysis, and experimental support for building parts of Tor in Rust
+  (though no parts of Tor are in rust yet). There are also numerous
+  small features, bugfixes on earlier release series, and groundwork for
+  the hidden services revamp of 0.3.2.
+
+  Per our stable release policy, we plan to support the Tor 0.3.0
+  release series for at least the next nine months, or for three months
+  after the first stable release of the 0.3.1 series: whichever is
+  longer. If you need a release with long-term support, we recommend
+  that you stay with the 0.2.9 series.
+
+  Per our stable release policy, we plan to support each stable release
+  series for at least the next nine months, or for three months after
+  the first stable release of the next series: whichever is longer. If
+  you need a release with long-term support, we recommend that you stay
+  with the 0.2.9 series.
+
+  Below is a list of the changes since 0.3.1.6-rc. For a list of all
+  changes since 0.3.0, see the ReleaseNotes file.
+
+  o Minor features (defensive programming):
+    - Create a pair of consensus parameters, nf_pad_tor2web and
+      nf_pad_single_onion, to disable netflow padding in the consensus
+      for non-anonymous connections in case the overhead is high. Closes
+      ticket 17857.
+
+  o Minor features (diagnostic):
+    - Add a stack trace to the bug warnings that can be logged when
+      trying to send an outgoing relay cell with n_chan == 0. Diagnostic
+      attempt for bug 23105.
+
+  o Minor features (geoip):
+    - Update geoip and geoip6 to the September 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
+      Country database.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
+    - Avoid compiler warnings in the unit tests for running tor_sscanf()
+      with wide string outputs. Fixes bug 15582; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (controller):
+    - Do not crash when receiving a HSPOST command with an empty body.
+      Fixes part of bug 22644; bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha.
+    - Do not crash when receiving a POSTDESCRIPTOR command with an empty
+      body. Fixes part of bug 22644; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
+
+  o Minor bugfixes (unit tests):
+    - Fix a channelpadding unit test failure on extremely slow systems
+      by using mocked time instead of actual time. Fixes bug 23077;
+      bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
+
+
 Changes in version 0.3.1.6-rc - 2017-09-05
   Tor 0.3.1.6-rc fixes a few small bugs and annoyances in the 0.3.1
   release series, including a bug that produced weird behavior on

changes/bug15582

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-  o Minor bugfixes (compilation):
-    - Avoid compiler warnings in the unit tests for running tor_sscanf()
-      with wide string outputs. Fixes bug 15582; bugfix on 0.2.6.2-alpha.
-

changes/bug17857

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-  o Minor features (defensive programming):
-    - Create a pair of consensus parameters nf_pad_tor2web and
-      nf_pad_single_onion that allow us to disable netflow padding in the
-      consensus for non-anonymous connections, in case the overhead is high.
-      Closes ticket 17857.
-

changes/bug22446

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-  o Minor features (code style, backport from 0.3.1.3-alpha):
-    - Add "Falls through" comments to our codebase, in order to silence
-      GCC 7's -Wimplicit-fallthrough warnings. Patch from Andreas
-      Stieger. Closes ticket 22446.

changes/bug22644

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-  o Minor bugfixes (controller):
-    - Do not crash when receiving a POSTDESCRIPTOR command with an
-      empty body. Fixes part of bug 22644; bugfix on 0.2.0.1-alpha.
-    - Do not crash when receiving a HSPOST command with an empty body.
-      Fixes part of bug 22644; bugfix on 0.2.7.1-alpha.

changes/bug23077

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-  o Minor bugfixes (unit tests):
-    - Fix a channelpadding unit test failure on extremely slow systems
-      by using mocked time instead of actual time. Fixes bug 23077; bugfix on
-      0.3.1.1-alpha. 

changes/bug23105-diagnostic

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-  o Minor features (diagnostic):
-    - Add a stack trace to the bug warnings that can be logged when
-      trying to send an outgoing relay cell with n_chan == 0.
-      Diagnostic attempt for bug 23105.

changes/geoip-september2017

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-  o Minor features (geoip):
-    - Update geoip and geoip6 to the September 6 2017 Maxmind GeoLite2
-      Country database.
-