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+# Qucs-S 24.1.0
+
+## Important notes
+
+* Versioning switched to CalVer. The first digit means year, the second digit means the release number,
+  the third digit means patch number #328
+
+## New features
+
+* Added 3-pin RCD devices #349 to improve support of microelectronics PDKs
+* Improvements of Ngspice support; allowed multiple simulation of the same type #463 by @ivandi69
+* Automatic extraction of THD from FOURIER simulation #525 @ivandi69
+* Nutmeg equations improvements; implemented simulation selection from drop-down list #463 #519
+* Improvements of Nutmeg script simulation type; implemented custom prefixes for plots #476 #435 @ivandi69
+* Export DC OP simulation data to dataset #463 #140 @ivandi69
+* Implemented zoom by selection on the rectangular plots #305
+* Implemeted potentiometer device #122
+* Switched digital simulation from FreeHDL to GHDL #395 @iwbnwif
+* Status bar improvements #493
+
+## RF simulation features
+
+* Added RCLG device support for SPICE #564
+* Added YLIN device support for XYCE #451
+* Fixed touchstone simulation issues for Ngspice #392
+* Added BiasT device support for SPICE #374
+* Added option to disable transient model for RF port #410 
+
+## Libraries
+
+* Fixed different issues related to creating libraries #432
+* Added audio IC library
+* Added loudspeaker library #421
+* Added comparators library #436 
+* Modified voltage regulators library #433
+* Added voltage references library #439
+* Added thermistor library #538
+* Fixed ideal library #258 #428
+* Fixed transformers library #362
+* Added new devices in SpiceOpamp library #501
+
+## General improvements
+
+* Fixed different tuner issues
+* Schematic zooming improvements #502
+* Different improvements on schematic look and control
+* Added schematic pan mode with the middle mouse button #488
+* HiDPI support improvements including grid rendering
+* Fixed schematic glitches using Wayland #227
+* Added text document zoom and font setting #534
+
+## Documentation
+
+* Added new examples 
+* Added Ngspice templates #441
+* The readthdocs documentantion is a candidate for deprecation #554
+
+## Localization
+
+* Added Chinese translation #453 by @hvwyl
+
+Thanks @wawuwo and @iwbnwif for providing refactoring PRs! Many thanks to @tomhajjar for providing libraries, examples and testing.
+
 # Qucs-S 2.1.0
 
 ## New features
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
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+qucs-s (24.1.0) stable; urgency=low
+
+  * Twelfth release
+
+ -- Vadim Kuznetsov <ra3xdh@gmail.com>  Sun, 18 Feb 2024 18:00:00 +0200
+
+
+
 qucs-s (2.1.0-1) stable; urgency=low
 
   * version number update by debtransform