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@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
 NEWS
 ====
 
-Highlights of what's new in each release:
+Highlights of what's new in each release.
+
+Issues noted as "'ssh' #NN" can be found at https://github.com/bitprophet/ssh/.
+
+Issues noted as "Fabric #NN" can be found at https://github.com/fabric/fabric/.
 
 Releases
 ========
@@ -11,6 +15,6 @@
 v1.8.0 <DATE>
 ---------------
 
-* #32: Raise a more useful error explaining which `known_hosts` key line was
+* 'ssh' 32: Raise a more useful error explaining which `known_hosts` key line was
   problematic, when encountering `binascii` issues decoding known host keys.
   Thanks to `@thomasvs` for catch & patch.
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@
   problematic, when encountering `binascii` issues decoding known host keys.
   Thanks to `@thomasvs` for catch & patch.
-* #33: Bring `ssh_config` parsing more in line with OpenSSH spec, re: order of
+* 'ssh' 33: Bring `ssh_config` parsing more in line with OpenSSH spec, re: order of
   setting overrides by `Host` specifiers. Specifically, the overrides now go by
   file order instead of automatically sorting by `Host` value length. In
   addition, the first value found per config key (e.g. `Port`, `User` etc)
   wins, instead of the last. Thanks to Jan Brauer for the contribution.
@@ -18,7 +22,7 @@
   setting overrides by `Host` specifiers. Specifically, the overrides now go by
   file order instead of automatically sorting by `Host` value length. In
   addition, the first value found per config key (e.g. `Port`, `User` etc)
   wins, instead of the last. Thanks to Jan Brauer for the contribution.
-* #36: Support new server two-factor authentication option
+* 'ssh' 36: Support new server two-factor authentication option
   (`RequiredAuthentications2`), at least re: combining key-based & password
   auth. Thanks to Github user `bninja`.
@@ -23,6 +27,6 @@
   (`RequiredAuthentications2`), at least re: combining key-based & password
   auth. Thanks to Github user `bninja`.
-* #11: When raising an exception for hosts not listed in
+* 'ssh' 11: When raising an exception for hosts not listed in
   `known_hosts` (when `RejectPolicy` is in effect) the exception message was
   confusing/vague. This has been improved somewhat. Thanks to Cal Leeming for
   highlighting the issue.
@@ -26,6 +30,6 @@
   `known_hosts` (when `RejectPolicy` is in effect) the exception message was
   confusing/vague. This has been improved somewhat. Thanks to Cal Leeming for
   highlighting the issue.
-* #40: Fixed up & expanded EINTR signal handling. Thanks to Douglas Turk.
-* #15: Implemented parameter substitution in SSHConfig, matching the
+* 'ssh' 40: Fixed up & expanded EINTR signal handling. Thanks to Douglas Turk.
+* 'ssh' 15: Implemented parameter substitution in SSHConfig, matching the
   implementation of `ssh_config(5)`. Thanks to Olle Lundberg for the patch.
@@ -31,4 +35,4 @@
   implementation of `ssh_config(5)`. Thanks to Olle Lundberg for the patch.
-* #24: Switch some internal type checking to use `isinstance` to help prevent
+* 'ssh' 24: Switch some internal type checking to use `isinstance` to help prevent
   problems with client libraries using subclasses of builtin types. Thanks to
   Alex Morega for the patch.
@@ -33,11 +37,10 @@
   problems with client libraries using subclasses of builtin types. Thanks to
   Alex Morega for the patch.
-* [Fabric #562](https://github.com/fabric/fabric/issues/562): Agent forwarding
-  would error out (with `Authentication response too long`) or freeze, when more
-  than one remote connection to the local agent was active at the same time.
-  This has been fixed. Thanks to Steven McDonald for assisting in
-  troubleshooting/patching, and to GitHub user `@lynxis` for providing the
-  final version of the patch.
-* #5: Moved a `fcntl` import closer to where it's used to help avoid
+* Fabric #562: Agent forwarding would error out (with `Authentication response
+  too long`) or freeze, when more than one remote connection to the local agent
+  was active at the same time.  This has been fixed. Thanks to Steven McDonald
+  for assisting in troubleshooting/patching, and to GitHub user `@lynxis` for
+  providing the final version of the patch.
+* 'ssh' 5: Moved a `fcntl` import closer to where it's used to help avoid
   `ImportError` problems on Windows platforms. Thanks to Jason Coombs for the
   catch + suggested fix.
@@ -42,6 +45,6 @@
   `ImportError` problems on Windows platforms. Thanks to Jason Coombs for the
   catch + suggested fix.
-* #4: Updated implementation of WinPageant integration to work on 64-bit
+* 'ssh' 4: Updated implementation of WinPageant integration to work on 64-bit
   Windows. Thanks again to Jason Coombs for the patch.
 * Added an IO loop sleep() call to avoid needless CPU usage when agent
   forwarding is in use.