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+# Speedb Change Log
+
+## Unreleased
+
+Based on RocksDB 7.2.2
+
+### New Features
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+### Behavior Changes
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+### Public API changes
+
+### Java API Changes
+
+## 2.0.0
+
+Based on RocksDB 7.2.2
+
+### New Features
+
+ * Added a new experimental hash-based memtable with more granular locking (#30)
+ * Added ability to create `MemTableFactory` from URI/string to tools (#72)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+ * Avoid comparing Status using == as it compares only status codes but not subcodes
+ * examples: fix snapshots leak in `optimistic_transaction_example`
+ * ldb: fix the `get` command to print the entire value
+ * db_bench: fix a bug in handling multiple DBs that caused a `last_ref` assertion
+ * db_bench: fix `SeekRandom` and `ReadRandomWriteRandom` to work on all CFs instead of only the default
+ * db_bench: report accurate read response time when using a rate limit
+
+### Miscellaneous
+
+ * Add test for forwarding the incomplete status on `no_io` (an addition to facebook/rocksdb#8485)
+ * CMake: fix the plugin infra and add support for `*_FUNC` registration