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-0.8.7 (?/??/2015):
+0.8.8 (6/??/2015):
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+- 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.
+
+- Modified Debian postinst file to call install.sh with --localkeys option
+  if sbsign and openssl are available, even when NOT in Secure Boot mode or
+  if shim is not detected. This helps with my Ubuntu PPA when using custom
+  Secure Boot keys, since the PPA is delivered unsigned. (Users will have
+  to have added their own local keys to their firmware's db.) For
+  consistency, I've made the same change to the RPM .spec file.
+
+0.8.7 (3/1/2015):
+-----------------
+
+- Fixed install.sh bug that caused inappropriate installation under the
+  name bootx64.efi (or bootia32.efi) under Linux, with a failure to update
+  the boot entries in NVRAM, has been fixed.
+
+- Added identification of XFS as filesystem type in volume descriptions.
+
+- More fixes to filesystem type detection code. Previous version sometimes
+  identified FAT or NTFS (or anything with a boot loader) as a whole-disk
+  device rather than the correct filesystem type.
+
+- Added protections to the code to reduce the risk of crashes that might
+  occur when dereferencing NULL pointers in various situations.
+
+- I'm deprecating the use of filesystem numbers (as in "fs0:") because
+  they're unreliable -- filesystem numbers can change between boots and
+  might not be the same as those used in an EFI shell or other program.
+  Sooner or later I'll remove code supporting this feature. In the
+  meantime, if it doesn't work for you, please switch to using filesystem
+  labels, partition labels, or partition GUIDs.
+
+- Added detection of FreeBSD's BIOS-mode GPT boot loader. Previously,
+  rEFInd could detect FreeBSD's BIOS-mode MBR boot loader, which gave
+  FreeBSD an appropriate icon on Macs; but the BIOS-mode GPT boot loader
+  code is different, so some recent FreeBSD installations showed up with
+  generic grey diamond icons. This change creates FreeBSD icons instead.
+
+- Added "Secure Boot [active|inactive]" notice to "about" menu for x86
+  (32-bit) systems, since there are now a few 32-bit UEFI systems that
+  support Secure Boot. (AFAIK, these are mostly tablets and convertibles
+  such as the ASUS T100.)
+
+- Added KeyTool.efi and KeyTool-signed.efi to list of MOK managers. KeyTool
+  is the "super-deluxe" Secure Boot key and hash manager provided as part
+  of the efitools package.
+
 - Fixed more instances of "invalid parameter" errors on some EFIs.
 
 - Improved Secure Boot detection in install.sh.