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-This is the Programming Contest Jury System "DOMjudge" version 8.4.0DEV
+This is the Programming Contest Jury System "DOMjudge" version 9.0.0DEV
 
 DOMjudge is a system for running a programming contest, like the
 ICPC regional and world championship programming contests.