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+RELEASE NOTES
+=============
+Format Identification for Digital Objects (fido).
+Copyright 2010 by Open Preservation Foundation.
+
+Copyright 2010 The Open Preservation Foundation
+
+Fido is made available under the Apache License, Version 2.0; see the file
+LICENSE.txt for details.
+
+Fido 1.4.0rc1
+-------------
+2018-11-25
+
+- Python 3 support [[#156][]]
+- Update to PRONOM signatures v95 [[#159][]]
+- Fixed bug with handling of embedded containers [[#164][]]
+- Improvments to signature update code [#165][], [#167][]
+- Code compliance with pytlint and PEP [[#161][], [#162][]]
+- Minor bug fixes and typos [[#166][], [#170][], [#171][], [#172][], [#174][]]
+
+[#156]: https://github.com/openpreserve/fido/pull/156
+[#159]: https://github.com/openpreserve/fido/pull/159
+[#161]: https://github.com/openpreserve/fido/pull/161
+[#162]: https://github.com/openpreserve/fido/pull/162
+[#164]: https://github.com/openpreserve/fido/pull/164
+[#165]: https://github.com/openpreserve/fido/pull/165
+[#166]: https://github.com/openpreserve/fido/pull/166
+[#167]: https://github.com/openpreserve/fido/pull/167
+[#170]: https://github.com/openpreserve/fido/pull/170
+[#171]: https://github.com/openpreserve/fido/pull/171
+[#172]: https://github.com/openpreserve/fido/pull/172
+[#174]: https://github.com/openpreserve/fido/pull/174