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 ## Changes since 0.7.9
 
+- development has been restarted after a longer hiatus
+- moved the source tree to git
 - fixed compile bug on FreeBSD and other systems
 - fixed deleting messages mbox folders compressed with bzip2
+- fixed multiple compilation errors and warnings on Linux and FreeBSD
+- started implementing a debug mode
 
 ## Changes since 0.7.8
 
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 - [ ] literal date matching
 - [x] reading messages from standard input
 - [x] run-time selection of file locking method
-- [ ] add a debug function
+- [x] add a debug function
 
 ## File formats, encodings and standards