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 Release Notes
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-R2-8 (July XXX, 2018)
+R2-8 (July 1, 2018)
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 * Added support for new PVs in ADCore R3-3 in opi files (NumQueuedArrays, EmptyFreeList, etc.)
 * Changed configure/RELEASE files for compatibility with areaDetector R3-3.