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-post-v1.8.0
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+post-v1.9.0
+--------------------
+
+
+v1.9.0 - xx xxx xxxx
+--------------------
+    - The tunneling code no longer assumes input and output keys are symmetric.
+      If they are not, PMTUD needs to be disabled for tunneling to work. Note
+      this only applies to flow-based keys.
     - FreeBSD is now a supported platform, thanks to code contributions from
       Gaetano Catalli, Ed Maste, and Giuseppe Lettieri.
     - ovs-bugtool: New --ovs option to report only OVS related information.
@@ -9,6 +16,13 @@ post-v1.8.0
     - OpenFlow:
       - Allow bitwise masking for SHA and THA fields in ARP, SLL and TLL
         fields in IPv6 neighbor discovery messages, and IPv6 flow label.
+      - Adds support for writing to the metadata field for a flow.
+    - ovs-ofctl:
+      - Commands and actions that accept port numbers now also accept keywords
+        that represent those ports (such as LOCAL, NONE, and ALL).  This is
+        also the recommended way to specify these ports, for compatibility
+        with OpenFlow 1.1 and later (which use the OpenFlow 1.0 numbers
+        for these ports for different purposes).
     - ovs-dpctl:
       - Support requesting the port number with the "port_no" option in
         the "add-if" command.
@@ -18,12 +32,17 @@ post-v1.8.0
       are true, but because we do not know of any users for this
       feature it seems better on balance to remove it.  (The ovs-pki-cgi
       program was not included in distribution packaging.)
-    - Stable bond mode is deprecated and will be removed no earlier than
-      February 2013.  Please email dev@openvswitch.org with concerns.
-    - The autopath action is deprecated and will be removed no earlier than
-      February 2013.  Please email dev@openvswitch.org with concerns.
-    - The null interface type is deprecated and will be removed no earlier
-      than February 2013.  Please email dev@openvswitch.org with concerns.
+    - Tunnel Path MTU Discovery default value was set to 'disabled'.
+    - ovsdb-server now enforces the immutability of immutable columns.  This
+      was not enforced in earlier versions due to an oversight.
+    - New support for a nonstandard form of GRE that supports a 64-bit key.
+    - The following features are now deprecated.  They will be removed no
+      earlier than February 2013.  Please email dev@openvswitch.org with
+      concerns.
+        - Stable bond mode.
+        - The autopath action.
+        - Interface type "null".
+        - Numeric values for reserved ports (see "ovs-ofctl" note above).
 
 
 v1.8.0 - xx xxx xxxx