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--- a/README.in
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@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ and attach the patch to that bug report.
 
 Patches should be in unified diff form. (The -up option to GNU diff.)
 
-Release notes for 3.6
+Release notes for 3.8
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 * GtkIconInfo has changed from being a boxed type to a GObject. This