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 New in spot 1.2.3a (not yet released)
 
-  Nothing yet.
+  * New features:
+
+    - "-B -x degen-lskip" can be used to disable level-skipping in the
+      degeralization procedure.  This is mostly meant for running
+      experiments.
+    - "-B -x degen-lcache=N" can be used to experiment with different
+      type of level caching during degeneralization.
+
+  * Bug fixes:
+
+    - Change the Python bindings to make them compatible with Swig 3.0.
 
 New in spot 1.2.3 (2014-02-11)