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                    GNU Image Manipulation Program
-                         3.0 Stable Branch
+                        3.1 Development Branch
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-This is a stable release in the GIMP 3.0 series.
+This is an unstable development release in the GIMP 3.1 series.
 
 If you think you found a bug in this version, please make sure that it
 hasn't been reported earlier and that it is not just new stuff that is