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 Mapnik 0.7.3 Release
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+Released Nov 8, 2012
+
+(packaged from 4d04ed01c01e486160f6afd04ec15fcc0d573db0)
+
 - Fixed linking to boost system with recent boost (#1567)
 
 - Fixed compile with clang++