It is now possible to read/write the RNG state in a file.

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-               (not released yet)
+               February 2. 2020 (02 02 2020)
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+The Palindrom Day Release.
+
+ * Improve the Python usability (stability and documentation).
+ * Further deprecate MSG: you now have to pass -Denable-MSG=ON to cmake.
+ * SimDAG++: Automatic dependencies on S4U activities (experimental).
+ * (+ many bug fixes and internal refactoring)
 
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@@ -18,6 +32,7 @@ The Clean Disk Release.
  * Introduce <disk> (cleaner logic than <storage>).
  * SMPI: Implement Errhandlers and some more MPI3.1 calls.
  * (+ many bug fixes and internal refactorings)
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@@ -31,6 +46,7 @@ The Exotic Solstice Release.
  * SMPI: more of MPI3.1; some MPI/IO and async collectives.
  * Python bindings can now be installed from pip.
  * (+ a whole load of bug fixes and internal refactorings)
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@@ -44,6 +60,7 @@ The Easter Christmas Release (this one is somewhat late).
  * Doc: SMPI tutorial and platform description ported to RTD
  * Many internal cleanups leading to some user-level speedups
  * (+ the classical bug fixes and internal refactorings)
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@@ -83,6 +100,7 @@ The Fixed ABI release.
 
  * Reduce the changes to the binary interface of MSG,
    accidentally introduced by v3.19.
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@@ -96,6 +114,7 @@ The Moscovitly-cold Spring release.
  * SMPI: Support ICC, better testing on classical proxy apps.
  * Some kernel headers are now installed, allowing external plugins.
  * (+ the classical bug fixes and doc improvement)
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@@ -110,6 +129,7 @@ The "Ho Ho Ho! SimGrid 4 beta is coming to town" release.
  * New model: energy consumption due to the network.
  * Major cleanups in the disk and storage subsystems.
  * (+ further deprecate XBT, bug fixes and doc improvement)
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@@ -123,6 +143,7 @@ The Drained Leaks release: (almost) no known leaks despite the tests.
  * The coverage of our tests is above 80%.
  * All memleaks but one plugged; A dozen of bugs fixed.
  * XBT: Further replace XBT with std::* constructs.
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@@ -137,6 +158,7 @@ The Blooming Spring Release: developments are budding.
  * SMPI: Further performance improvements; RMA support.
  * Cloud: Multi-core VMs (do not overcommit them yet)
  * (+ bug fixes, cleanups and documentation improvements)
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@@ -150,6 +172,7 @@ The Spring Release: continuous integration servers become green.
  * SMPI: Support MPI 2.2; Convert internals to C++ (TBC).
  * Java: Massive memleaks and performance issues fixed.
  * (+ bug fixes, cleanups and documentation improvements)
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 The Christmas Pi Release (better approximation).
 
  * Fix various glitches in the previous release.
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@@ -177,6 +201,7 @@ The Christmas Pi Release.
    - MSG, SimDag, MPI interfaces mostly unchanged
    
  * The model-checker now works on FreeBSD too.
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@@ -200,6 +225,7 @@ The Half Release, a.k.a. the Zealous Easter Trim.
    - All host manipulations now done in S4U
    - SimDag was mostly rewritten on top of S4U
    - MSG & SimDag interfaces mostly unchanged
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