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 New in 1.16:
 
+* Miscellaneous changes
+
+  - When subdir-objects is in effect, Automake will now construct
+    shorter object file names when no programs and libraries name
+    clashes are encountered.  This should make the discouraged use of
+    'foo_SHORTNAME' unnecessary in many cases.
+
 * Bugs fixed:
 
   - Automatic dependency tracking has been fixed to work also when the