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+# News
+
+This document describes notable changes. For details, see the [source code
+repository history](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/commits/master).
+
+## Not yet released
+
+### New features
+
+  * Added support for OVH DynHost.
+
+### Compatibility changes
+
+  * Perl v5.8 or later is now required.
+  * Removed the `concont` protocol. If you still use this protocol, please
+    [file a bug report](https://github.com/ddclient/ddclient/issues) and we
+    will restore it.
+  * The `force` option no longer prevents daemonization.
+  * If installed as `ddclientd` (or any other name ending in `d`), the default
+    value for the `daemon` option is now 5 minutes instead of the previous 1
+    minute.
+  * The `pid` option is now ignored when ddclient is not daemonized.
+  * ddclient now gracefully exits when interrupted by Ctrl-C.
+
+## 2020-01-08 v3.9.1
+
+  * added support for Yandex.Mail for Domain DNS service
+  * added support for NearlyFreeSpeech.net
+  * added support for DNS Made Easy
+  * added systemd instructions
+  * added support for dondominio.com
+  * updated perl instruction
+  * updated fritzbox instructions
+  * fixed multidomain support for namecheap
+  * fixed support for Yandex
+
+## 2018-08-09 v3.9.0
+
+  * new dependency: Data::Validate::IP
+  * added IPv6 support for cloudfare
+  * added suppport for freemyip
+  * added configurable TTL to Cloudflare
+  * added support for woima.fi dyndns service
+  * added support for google domain
+
+## 2015-05-28 v3.8.3
+
+  * added Alpine Linux init script - patch sent by @Tal on github.
+  * added support for nsupdate - patch sent by @droe on github
+  * allow log username-password combinations - patch sent by @dirdi on github
+  * adding support for cloudflare - patch sent by @roberthawdon on github
+  * adding support for duckdns - patch sent by @gkranis
+
+## 2013-12-26 v3.8.2
+
+  * added support by ChangeIP - patch sent by Michele Giorato
+  * sha-1 patch sent by pirast to allow Digest::SHA
+  * allow reuse of use - patch sent by Rodrigo Araujo
+  * preventing deep sleep - see [SourceForge bug
+    #46](https://sourceforge.net/p/ddclient/bugs/46/)
+  * Fallback to iproute if ifconfig doesn't work sent by Maccied Grela
+
+## 2011-07-11 v3.8.1
+
+  * Fixed [SourceForge Trac ticket
+    #28](https://sourceforge.net/p/ddclient/tractickets/28/):
+    FreeDNS.afraid.org changed api slightly
+  * Added dtdns-support
+  * Added support for longer password
+  * Added cisco-asa patch
+  * Added support for LoopiaDNS
+
+## Older Releases
+
+See the source code repository history.
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-Yet again it's been a while but here is new release of ddclient. As usual,
-there are some important changes and some documentation is modified.
-A detailed overview can be found in git log but here's a quick overview:
-
-	* added support for Yandex.Mail for Domain DNS service
-	* added support for NearlyFreeSpeech.net
-	* added support for DNS Made Easy
-	* added systemd instructions
-	* added support for dondominio.com
-	* updated perl instruction
-	* updated fritzbox instructions
-	* fixed multidomain support for namecheap
-	* fixed support for Yandex
-	* added support for OVH DynHost
-
-A very big thank you for everyone who created a pull request on github and
-for everyone who helped to fix the little issues caused by the new providers.
-And a very special thank you for @DaveSophoServices who started to help with
-the maintenance of ddclient.