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 ## State of Development
 
-Development is focused on the next major version in the `master` branch. No more features are planned for the 2.x release series.
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--   The [`master`](https://github.com/SFML/SFML/tree/master) branch contains work in progress for the next major version SFML 3. As such it's considered unstable, but any testing and feedback is highly appreciated.
--   The [`2.6.1`](https://github.com/SFML/SFML/tree/2.6.1) tag is the latest official SFML release and will be the last minor release in the 2.x series.
+Development is focused on version 3 in the `master` branch.
+No more features are planned for the 2.x release series.
 
 ## CMake Template