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+Changes in synapse v0.27.3-rc2 (2018-04-09)
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+v0.27.3-rc1 used a stale version of the develop branch so the changelog overstates
+the functionality. v0.27.3-rc2 is up to date, rc1 should be ignored.
+
 Changes in synapse v0.27.3-rc1 (2018-04-09)
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