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 Release notes
 =============
 
+0.24.4 (2014-08-09)
+-------------------
+
+- pem file is used by mockserver and required by scrapy bench (:commit:`5eddc68`)
+- scrapy bench needs scrapy.tests* (:commit:`d6cb999`)
+
 0.24.3 (2014-08-09)
 -------------------