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 ### Master
 
+* Deprecate django.utils.simplejson in favor of Python 2.6's built-in json module.
 * Bugfix: Validation errors instead of exceptions when serializers receive incorrect types.
 * Bugfix: Validation errors instead of exceptions when related fields receive incorrect types.