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@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ Trunk (not on release branches yet)
 1.6.2
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+- Fix MPI_CART_SUB behavior of not copying periods to the new
+  communicator properly.  Thanks to John Craske for the bug report.
 - Add btl_openib_abort_not_enough_reg_mem MCA parameter to cause Open
   MPI to abort MPI jobs if there is not enough registered memory
   available on the system (vs. just printing a warning).