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@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Auto IRC Bot 3.0: Release Notes
 
 Version 3.0.0a3
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+    * ratelimit is now a required configuration value.
     * Database API dropped. Now using DBI and DBD::SQLite.
     * src/ directory renamed to lib/.
     * All hooks updated to use hashrefs.