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 Synapse 1.47.0rc2 (2021-11-10)
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-This release candidate fixes an issue causing the Synapse 1.47.0rc1 Debian packages being marked as a full release, rather than a release candidate.
+This fixes an issue with publishing the Debian packages for 1.47.0rc1.
 It is otherwise identical to 1.47.0rc1.