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  oslo.policy
 =============
 
+An OpenStack library providing support for RBAC policy enforcement across all
+OpenStack services.
+
 Contents
 ========
 
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    cli
    contributing
    sphinxpolicygen
+
+Release Notes
+=============
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
    history
 
 Indices and tables