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 GNU Hello NEWS                                         -*- outline -*-
 
-* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+* Noteworthy changes in release 2.12.3 (2026-03-17) [stable]
 
 The manual no longer mentions the -h and -v short options which were
 removed in release 2.11.