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 WHATS NEW
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-<b>2014-03-??</b> new release **v1.6**
+<b>2014-03-12</b> new release **v1.6**
 
 When reviewing the feedback from our users, we realized that jsprit cannot solve certain kinds of problems adequately.
 To illustrate and characterize them, look at the following examples.