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+<a name="2.0.0-beta.1"></a>
+# 2.0.0-beta.1 catamorphic-involution (2016-01-08)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **benchpress:** fix flake ([9d28147](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/9d28147)), closes [#6161](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/6161)
+* **CHANGELOG:** typo ([d116861](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/d116861)), closes [#6075](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/6075) [#6078](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/6078)
+* **code size:** revert previous devMode change to restore size targets ([c47d85b](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/c47d85b))
+* **core:** IE only supports parentNode ([630d931](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/630d931)), closes [#5994](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/5994)
+* **docs:** fix an import in TOOLS_DART.md ([3524946](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/3524946)), closes [#5923](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/5923)
+* **forms:** fix SelectControlValueAccessor not to call onChange twice ([b44d36c](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/b44d36c)), closes [#5969](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/5969)
+* **router:** correctly sort route matches with children by specificity ([b2bc50d](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/b2bc50d)), closes [#5848](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/5848) [#6011](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/6011)
+* **router:** preserve specificity for redirects ([a038bb9](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/a038bb9)), closes [#5933](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/5933)
+* **TemplateParser:** do not match on attrs that are bindings ([9a70f1a](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/9a70f1a)), closes [#5914](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/5914)
+
+### Features
+
+* **core:** improve NoAnnotationError message ([197cf09](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/197cf09)), closes [#4866](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/4866) [#5927](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/5927)
+* **core:** improve stringify for dart to handle closures ([e67ebb7](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/e67ebb7))
+* **core:** speed up view creation via code gen for view factories. ([7ae23ad](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/7ae23ad)), closes [#5993](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/5993)
+* **router:** support links with just auxiliary routes ([2a2f9a9](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/2a2f9a9)), closes [#5930](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/5930)
+
+### Performance Improvements
+
+* **dart/transform:** Avoid unnecessary reads for files with no view ([89f32f8](https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/89f32f8)), closes [#6183](https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/6183)
+
+
+### BREAKING CHANGES
+
+* Platform pipes can only contain types and arrays of types,
+  but no bindings any more.
+* When using transformers, platform pipes need to be specified explicitly
+  in the pubspec.yaml via the new config option
+  `platform_pipes`.
+* `Compiler.compileInHost` now returns a `HostViewFactoryRef`
+* Component view is not yet created when component constructor is called.
+  -> use `onInit` lifecycle callback to access the view of a component
+* `ViewRef#setLocal` has been moved to new type `EmbeddedViewRef`
+* `internalView` is gone, use `EmbeddedViewRef.rootNodes` to access
+  the root nodes of an embedded view
+* `renderer.setElementProperty`, `..setElementStyle`, `..setElementAttribute` now
+  take a native element instead of an ElementRef
+* `Renderer` interface now operates on plain native nodes,
+  instead of `RenderElementRef`s or `RenderViewRef`s
 <a name="2.0.0-beta.0"></a>
 # 2.0.0-beta.0 somnambulant-inauguration (2015-12-15)