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				|  |  | -Welcome! This is, of course, a placeholder file.
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				|  |  | +Welcome to the C# port of Google Protocol Buffers, written by Jon Skeet
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				|  |  | +(skeet@pobox.com) based on the work of many talented people.
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				|  |  | +For more information about this port, visit its homepage:
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				|  |  | +http://protobuf-csharp-port.googlecode.com
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				|  |  | +For more information about Protocol Buffers in general, visit the
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				|  |  | +project page for the C++, Java and Python project:
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				|  |  | +http://protobuf.googlecode.com
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				|  |  | +Release 0.9
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				|  |  | +-----------
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				|  |  | +Due to popular demand, I have built a version of the binaries to put
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				|  |  | +on the web site. Currently these are set at assembly version 0.9,
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				|  |  | +and an assembly file version of 0.9. This should be seen as a mark
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				|  |  | +of the readiness of the release process more than the stability of
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				|  |  | +the code. As far as I'm aware, the code itself is perfectly fine: I
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				|  |  | +certainly have plans for more features particularly around making
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				|  |  | +code generation simpler, but you should feel confident about the
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				|  |  | +parsing and serialization of messages produced with this version of
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				|  |  | +the library. Of course, if you do find any problems, *please* report
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				|  |  | +them at the web site.
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				|  |  | +Currently the downloadable release is built with the snk file which
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				|  |  | +is in the open source library. I am considering having a privately
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				|  |  | +held key so that you can check that you're building against a
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				|  |  | +"blessed" release - feedback on this (and any other aspect of the
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				|  |  | +release process) is very welcome.
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