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<h2>Announcement</h2>
<pre>
-November 17, 2014 - The Apache Ivy project is pleased to announce its 2.4.0 release.
+December 21, 2014 - The Apache Ivy project is pleased to announce its 2.4.0 release.
Apache Ivy is a tool for managing (recording, tracking, resolving and
reporting) project dependencies, characterized by flexibility,