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@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ News
 ====
 
 
-Version 2.6.0 rc1
+Version 2.6.0 rc2
 -----------------
 
-*(Released Mon, 25 Jun 2012)*
+*(Released Tue, 03 Jul 2012)*
 
 New features
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -295,6 +295,23 @@ verification. This will remove some rare but hard to diagnose errors in
 import-export.
 
 
+Version 2.6.0 rc1
+-----------------
+
+*(Released Mon, 25 Jun 2012)*
+
+First release candidate for 2.6. The following changes were done from
+rc1 to rc2:
+
+- Fixed bugs with disk parameters and ``rbd`` templates as well as
+  ``instance_os_add``
+- Made ``gnt-instance modify`` with more consistent regard new NIC/Disk
+  behaviour. It supports now the modify operation
+- ``hcheck`` implemented to analyze cluster health and possibility of
+  improving health by rebalance
+- ``hbal`` has been improved in dealing with split instances
+
+
 Version 2.6.0 beta2
 -------------------