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 xbps-0.59 (???):
 
+ * libxbps: API/ABI break and bumping major soname version to 5.
+   [duncaen, xtraeme]
+
  * Switch to uthash in libxbps and xbps-fbulk(1). [duncaen, xtraeme]
 
  * xbps-query(1): `-S, --show` mode now prints all properties. [xtraeme]