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+## ChangeLog v0.97 (2017/12/19)
+
+This is a massive bug fix release with many improvements. For contributions
+see
+[contributors](https://github.com/genetics-statistics/GEMMA/graphs/contributors)
+and
+[commits](https://github.com/genetics-statistics/GEMMA/commits/master).
+
+### Speedup of GEMMA by using optimized OpenBlas
+
+* Providing a binary release with OpenBlas optimization for Intel Haswell
+* Dropped using standar lapack and gslcblas libs
+* Fixed NaN bug with GSL2 and made recent libraries the default
+* Minimized use of Eigenlib libraries (single threaded and slow compilation)
+* -legacy switch provides v0.96 behaviour (incl. eigenlib)
+
+### Added Leave One Chromosome Out (LOCO) support for Bimbam (K and LMM)
+
+* See 449d882a3b33ef81ef4f0127c3932b01fa796dbb
+* -snps [filename] option allow selecting a subset of SNPs for analysis
+* -loco [chr] option for K and LMM computations
+* added [gemma-wrapper](https://github.com/genetics-statistics/gemma-wrapper) to make using LOCO easy
+* LOCO examples in https://github.com/genetics-statistics/GEMMA/blob/master/test/dev_test_suite.sh
+
+### Added checks for matrices
+
+* #72 and #45 implements
+  1. Fail if K has negative eigen values
+  2. Fail if K is not symmetric
+  3. Fail if K is not positive definite
+  4. Warn in eigen values are very small
+  5. Warn if K is ill conditioned
+* Check for NaN values
+
+### Added test framework and unit tests
+
+* Added integration and unit tests, as well as
+  [Travis-CI](https://travis-ci.org/genenetwork/GEMMA) support
+* Improved debug information and testing of input files
+
+### Other
+
+* #81 printing out beta and se(beta) under -lmm 2 as well as logl_H1
+* Improved README and INSTALL docs
+* Added support info and code of conduct
+* Reformatted the full source tree with 3935ba39d30666dd7d4a831155631847c77b70c4
+* Merged LMM computation for Plink and Bimbam formats
+* Fixed progressbar issues
+* #46 removed support for Oxford format
+* Got rid of all compiler warnings
+* Updated copyright banner, info and license information for included software
+* Started a [discussion list](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gemma-discussion)
+
+See also [commits](https://github.com/genetics-statistics/GEMMA/commits/master).
+
+## GEMMA 0.96.0
+
++ First stable release.
+
+## GEMMA 0.95.2
+
++ Resolved Issue #36.
+
+## GEMMA 0.95.1
+
++ Created first release of GEMMA 0.95a following request in Issue #33.
+
+## GEMMA 0.94.1
+
++ Fixed a bug (the predict option for multiple phenotype imputation
+was not recoginzed with PLINK files).
+
+## GEMMA 0.94.0
+
++ Implemented the multivariate linear mixed model.
+
+## GEMMA 0.93
+
++ Implemented the Bayesian sparse linear mixed model.
+
+## GEMMA 0.92
+
++ Fixed a few typos.
+
++ Now allows for missing values in the covariates file.
+
++ Included REMLE estimate for lambda in the output .log file.
+
++ Added small GWAS example dataset
+
++ Added detailed user manual.
+
+## GEMMA 0.91
+
++ Fixed a bug (BIMBAM annotation file not recognized).
+
+## GEMMA 0.90
+
++ Initial pre-release.
+
+See also https://github.com/genetics-statistics/GEMMA/releases