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-Fri Feb 14 2018 Marcin Åšlusarz <marcin.slusarz@intel.com>
+Tue Feb 19 2018 Marcin Åšlusarz <marcin.slusarz@intel.com>
 
-	* Version 1.5.1-rc3
+	* Version 1.5.1
 
 	This release fixes minor bugs and improves compatibility with newer
 	tool chains.
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-$Format:%h %d$
\ No newline at end of file
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+1.5.1