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-OpenLayers 2.9:
- r10251
- Released 04/22/10
- http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.9/Notes
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-OpenLayers 2.8:
- r9492
- Released 06/22/09
- http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.8/Notes
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-OpenLayers 2.7:
- r8063
- Released 09/29/08
- http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.7/Notes
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-OpenLayers 2.6:
- r6945
- Released 04/15/08
- http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.6/Notes
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-OpenLayers 2.5:
- r4899
- Released 10/09/07 
- http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.5/Notes
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-OpenLayers 2.4:
- r3198
- Released 05/29/07 
- http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.4/Notes
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-OpenLayers 2.3:
- r2255
- Released 02/21/07 
- http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.3/Notes
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-OpenLayers 2.2:
- r1866
- Released 11/15/06 
- http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.2/Notes
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-OpenLayers 2.1:
- r1521
- Released 10/02/06
- http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.1/Notes
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-OpenLayers 2.0:
- r1368
- Released 08/25/06
- http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.0/Notes
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-OpenLayers 1.0
- r787
- Released 06/27/06
- Initial release.