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+Auto IRC Bot 3.0: Release Notes
+===============================================================================
+
+Version 3.0.0a3
+===============================================================================
+    * Database API dropped. Now using DBI and DBD::SQLite.
+    * src/ directory renamed to lib/.
+    * All hooks updated to use hashrefs.
+    * Core::IRC renamed to Core::Cmd.
+    * Created a module buildsys. bin/buildmod <module>