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+Overview of Changes from GTK+ 2.18.8 to 2.18.9
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+
+* Avoid a crash when doing DND on X servers without the shape extension
+* Avoid an assertion when finalizing entries
+
+
 Overview of Changes from GTK+ 2.18.7 to 2.18.8
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