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+Release notes
+=============
+
+0.1
+---
+
+Initial release of Django Pydenticon. Implemented features:
+
+* Serving of identicons through designated URL.
+* User data for generating identicons passed via URL.
+* Sane configuration defaults for identicon generator for zero-configuration.
+* Ability to set parameters of generated identicons.
+* Ability to override some of the identicon generation attributes per-request
+  via *GET* parameters.
+* Full documentation covering installation, usage, privacy. API reference
+  included as well.