These release notes describe changes that have been made since the previous -release of this series of EPICS Base. Note that changes which were merged up +release of this series of EPICS Base. Note that changes which were merged up from commits to new releases in an older Base series are not described at the top of this file but have entries that appear lower down, under the series to -which they were originally committed. Thus it is important to read more than +which they were originally committed. Thus it is important to read more than just the first section to understand everything that has changed in each release.
+The external PVA submodules each have their own separate set of release notes +which should also be read to understand what has changed since an earlier +release.
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