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 WeeChat News
 ============
 Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org>
-v0.3.7-dev, 2011-11-05
+v0.3.7-dev, 2012-01-06
 
 
 Version 0.3.7 (under dev!)
 --------------------------
 
+* extented regex is used in filters and irc ignore, so some chars that
+  needed escape in past do not need any more (for example "[0-9]\+" becomes
+  "[0-9]+"), filters and ignore have to be manually fixed
 * option 'weechat.history.max_lines' has been renamed to
   'weechat.history.max_buffer_lines_number'