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  </p><pre class="fragment">           libSBML NEWS -- History of user-visible changes
 
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+5.20.4
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+
+This is mostly a bug fix release enhancing stability and improving 
+performance when validating models. Main points: 
+
+* support compilation when using libxml 2.12.0 and later
+* improved performance when testing for assignment cycles 
+* cmake build system honors the BUILD_SHARED_LIB flag if defined
+
+
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 5.20.2
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