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+# System announcements:                                   #
+#                                                         #
+# May-2019: Helvetios cluster is now in production!       #
+#           connect to: helvetios.epfl.ch                 #
+# May-2019: max wall time on the build partition was      #
+#           increased to 8h                               #
+#                                                         #