CBC README
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Welcome to the README for the COIN Branch and Cut Solver (CBC). CBC is
distributed under the Eclipse Public License and is freely redistributable.
All source code and documentation is Copyright IBM and others. This README may
be redistributed freely.

DOCUMENTATION
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For a quick start guide, please see the INSTALL file in this distribution. A (somehwat outdated) user's manual is available here:

http://www.coin-or.org/Cbc

More up-to-date automatically generated documentation of the source code can
be found here:

http://www.coin-or.org/Doxygen/Cbc/

Further information can be found here:

http://projects.coin-or.org/Cbc

WHAT'S NEW
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Release 2.7.1:

1. Fixes to MSVC++ files

Release 2.7.0:

1. License has been changed to the EPL.

2. Support for MSVC++ version 10 added.

3. Support for BuildTools version 0.7 to incorporate recent enhancements,
including proper library versioning in Linux, prohibiting installation of
private headers, etc.

4. Updated externals to new stable versions of dependent projects.

5. Improvements to heuristics. 

6. New options for cut generation. 

7. Improved reporting of results. 

8. Improvements to documentation. 

9. Minor bug fixes. 

SUPPORT
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1. List Serve

CBC users should use the Cbc mailing list. To subscribe, go to 
http://list.coin-or.org/mailman/listinfo/cbc

3. Bug Reports

Bug reports should be reported on the CBC development web site at

https://projects.coin-or.org/Cbc/newticket