diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
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@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ Fixed bugs:
 Other changes:
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+* Some performance improvements, including Bugzilla report  25778.
+
+
 Changes from Ant 1.7.0Beta1 to Ant 1.7.0Beta2
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