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-0.8.8 (3/??/2015):
+0.9.0 (6/??/2015):
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+- Minor code changes to ensure that rEFInd compiles with GCC 5.1. (Tested
+  with GNU-EFI on a Fedora 22 system; not yet tested with the TianoCore
+  EDK2.)
+
+- Added new "fold_linux_kernels" token to refind.conf. This option, when
+  active (the default) "folds" all Linux kernels in a directory into a
+  single entry on the rEFInd menu. The kernel with the most recent time
+  stamp is launched by default. To launch another kernel, you must press F2
+  or Insert; additional kernels appear as options on the first kernel's
+  submenu. To see the pre-0.9.0 behavior, you must set "fold_linux_kernels
+  false" (or one of its synonyms, "off" or "0"). The point of this option
+  is to help de-clutter the rEFInd main menu.
+
+- Added new Linux root (/) partition auto-discovery feature, based on
+  Freedesktop.org's Discoverable Partitions Spec (DPS)
+  (http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/DiscoverablePartitionsSpec/):
+  If no refind_linux.conf file or /etc/fstab file is found, and if a
+  partition with the correct DPS type code for the system architecture is
+  found, rEFInd adds "ro root=/dev/disk/by-partuuid/{GUID}" to the kernel
+  options. This will not help on LVM setups, and will get it right for only
+  one installation on systems with multiple Linux installations, but it may
+  help some users, if/when the DPS type codes become more common.
+
+- Fixed bug that caused a rEFInd crash if an empty refind_linux.conf
+  file was encountered.
+
+- The mkrlconf.sh script now checks the OS on which it's running, which
+  should help avoid confusion or problems by users who mistakenly run it
+  under OS X.
+
+- rEFInd now skips checking for various BIOS-mode boot sector signatures
+  when running on a UEFI-based PC; these checks are run only on Macs. This
+  may reduce startup time on systems with many partitions.
+
 - Fixed Debian debinstall script to work correctly on IA32 systems. It had
   a bug that caused filesystem drivers and gptsync to not be packaged for
   IA32.