HISAT 2 NEWS
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HISAT 2 is now available for download from the project website,
http://bowtie-bio.sf.net/bowtie2.  2.0.0-beta is the first version released to
the public and 2.0.7 is the latest version.  HISAT 2 is licensed under
the GPLv3 license.  See `LICENSE' file for details.


Version Release History
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Version 2.0.0-beta - August XX, 2015
   * Improved multithreading support so that Bowtie 2 now uses native Windows
     threads when compiled on Windows and uses a faster mutex.  Threading
     performance should improve on all platforms.