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+ADAndor Future Plans
+====================
+This is a list of some features that may be implemented in the future.  Some features are
+planned for a specific release which is indicated.
+
+* Add exiting_ flag; statusTask and dataTask should both do while (!exiting_)
+
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+ADAndor Releases
+==================
+
+The latest untagged master branch can be obtained at
+https://github.com/areaDetector/ADAndor.
+
+Tagged source code and pre-built binary releases prior to R2-0 are included
+in the areaDetector releases available via links at
+http://cars.uchicago.edu/software/epics/areaDetector.html.
+
+Tagged source code releases from R2-0 onward can be obtained at 
+https://github.com/areaDetector/ADAndor/releases.
+
+Tagged prebuilt binaries from R2-0 onward can be obtained at
+http://cars.uchicago.edu/software/pub/ADAndor.
+
+The versions of EPICS base, asyn, and other synApps modules used for each release can be obtained from 
+the EXAMPLE_RELEASE_PATHS.local, EXAMPLE_RELEASE_LIBS.local, and EXAMPLE_RELEASE_PRODS.local
+files respectively, in the appropriate release of the 
+[top-level areaDetector](https://github.com/areaDetector/areaDetector) repository.
+
+
+Release Notes
+=============
+
+R2-0
+----
+* No changes from R1-9-1.
+
+
+R1-9-1 and earlier
+------------------
+Release notes are part of the
+[areaDetector Release Notes](http://cars.uchicago.edu/software/epics/areaDetectorReleaseNotes.html).