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the real contents should be fetched from the server instead of the
clientbucket.
+Package Maintainers
+=====
+
+Software Version API
+-----
+
+Please see the public API regarding the software version as described in
+`lib/puppet/version.rb`. Puppet provides the means to easily specify the exact
+version of the software packaged using the VERSION file, for example:
+
+ $ git describe --match "3.0.*" > lib/puppet/VERSION
+ $ ruby -r puppet/version -e 'puts Puppet.version'
+ 3.0.1-260-g9ca4e54
+
EOF