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 changes in sbcl-0.8.17 relative to sbcl-0.8.16:
+  * the system now has rudimentary external-format support; the
+    primary user-visible change at this time is that characters with
+    the high bit set (such as lower-case-e-acute) will print correctly
+    to a terminal in a UTF-8 environment.
   * minor incompatible change: BASE-CHAR no longer names a class;
     however, CHARACTER continues to do so, as required by ANSI.
   * minor incompatible change: SB-DEBUG:*DEBUG-PRINT-FOO* variables
@@ -8,6 +12,8 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.17 relative to sbcl-0.8.16:
   * minor incompatible change: SB-C::*COMPILER-ERROR-PRINT-FOO* variables
     are no longer supported: use SB-EXT:*COMPILER-PRINT-VARIABLE-ALIST*
     instead. 
+  * fixed bug #308: non-graphic characters now all have names, as
+    required.  (reported by Bruno Haible)
   * bug fix: Cyclic structures and unprintable objects in compiler
     messages no longer cause errors. (reported by Bruno Haible)
   * bug fix: READ, READ-PRESERVING-WHITESPACE, READ-DELIMITED-LIST,
@@ -23,6 +29,11 @@ changes in sbcl-0.8.17 relative to sbcl-0.8.16:
     name conflict situations in CLHS 11.1.1.2.5, and provide a restart
     permitting resolution in favour of any of the conflicting symbols.
     (reported by Bruno Haible for CMUCL)
+  * bug fix: EQUAL compiler optimizations is less aggressive on
+    strings which can potentially compare true despite having distinct
+    specialized array element types.
+  * FORMAT compile-time argument count checking has been enhanced.
+    (report from Bruno Haible for CMUCL)
   * fixed some bugs revealed by Paul Dietz' test suite:
     ** RENAME-PACKAGE allows all package designators as new package
        names.