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+Version 3.4 of the  deal.II object-oriented finite element library has
+been released. It is available from the deal.II home-page at
+
+      http://www.dealii.org
+
+The most important improvements compared to the previous version are:
+- A new homepage address at www.dealii.org
+- Two more example programs, explaining modern error estimation
+  techniques and showing software design methods allowing for modular
+  and extensible programs
+- Improved multi-threading supports using POSIX
+- Improved ISO C++ Standard conformance
+- Support for TECPLOT binary format
+
+A complete list of changes with respect to the previous version can be
+found at
+ http://www.dealii.org/news/2002/3.3.0-vs-3.4.0.html
+
+All main  features of  the previous versions  have been  continued and
+improved:
+- Support for dimension-independent programming
+- Extensive documentation and working example programs
+- Locally refined grids
+- Continuous and discontinuous elements of higher order
+- Fast linear algebra
+- Built-in support for symmetric multi-processing (SMP)
+- Output for a variety of visualization platforms.
+
+deal.II can  be downloaded for free  and is distributed  under an Open
+Source license.
+
+
+Wolfgang Bangerth, Ralf Hartmann, Guido Kanschat, the deal.II team