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+NOTES ON BRANCHING NAGIOSPLUG
+
+Questions:
+Is this necessary?
+
+Branch format: b1_4_1
+
+cvs tab -b r1_4-patches
+
+Consider the SF snapshot branches - should you remove any other branches?