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                               version 1.8
                              willy tarreau
-                               2017/11/19
+                               2017/11/26
 
 
 1) How to build it
 ------------------
 
-This is a development version, so it is expected to break from time to time,
-to add and remove features without prior notification and it should not be used
-in production. If you are not used to build from sources or if you are not used
-to follow updates then it is recommended that instead you use the packages provided
-by your software vendor or Linux distribution. Most of them are taking this task
+This version is a stable version, which means that it belongs to a branch which
+will get some fixes for bugs as they are discovered. Versions which include the
+suffix "-dev" are development versions and should be avoided in production. If
+you are not used to build from sources or if you are not used to follow updates
+then it is recommended that instead you use the packages provided by your
+software vendor or Linux distribution. Most of them are taking this task
 seriously and are doing a good job at backporting important fixes. If for any
 reason you'd prefer a different version than the one packaged for your system,
 you want to be certain to have all the fixes or to get some commercial support,