diff --git a/build/release-notes.js b/build/release-notes.js
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/*
+ * jQuery Release Note Generator
+ */
+
+var fs = require("fs"),
+	http = require("http"),
+	tmpl = require("mustache"),
+	extract = /<a href="\/ticket\/(\d+)" title="View ticket">(.*?)<[^"]+"component">\s*(\S+)/g;
+
+var opts = {
+	version: "1.6 RC 1",
+	short_version: "1.6rc1",
+	final_version: "1.6",
+	categories: []
+};
+
+http.request({
+	host: "bugs.jquery.com",
+	port: 80,
+	method: "GET",
+	path: "/query?status=closed&resolution=fixed&component=!web&order=component&milestone=" + opts.final_version
+}, function (res) {
+	var data = [];
+
+	res.on( "data", function( chunk ) {
+		data.push( chunk );
+	});
+
+	res.on( "end", function() {
+		var match,
+			file = data.join(""),
+			cur;
+
+		while ( (match = extract.exec( file )) ) {
+			if ( "#" + match[1] !== match[2] ) {
+				var cat = match[3];
+
+				if ( !cur || cur.name !== cat ) {
+					cur = { name: match[3], niceName: match[3].replace(/^./, function(a){ return a.toUpperCase(); }), bugs: [] };
+					opts.categories.push( cur );
+				}
+
+				cur.bugs.push({ ticket: match[1], title: match[2] });
+			}
+		}
+
+		buildNotes();
+	});
+}).end();
+
+function buildNotes() {
+	console.log( tmpl.to_html( fs.readFileSync("release-notes.txt", "utf8"), opts ) );
+}
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+<h2>jQuery {{version}} Released</h2>
+
+<p>This is a preview release of jQuery. We're releasing it so that everyone can start testing the code in their applications, making sure that there are no major problems.</p>
+
+<p>You can get the code from the jQuery CDN:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li><a href="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-{{short_version}}.js">http://code.jquery.com/jquery-{{short_version}}.js</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>You can help us by dropping that code into your existing application and letting us know that if anything no longer works. Please <a href="http://bugs.jquery.com/">file a bug</a> and be sure to mention that you're testing against jQuery {{version}}.</p>
+
+<p>We want to encourage everyone from the community to try and <a href="http://docs.jquery.com/Getting_Involved">get involved</a> in contributing back to jQuery core. We've set up a <a href="http://docs.jquery.com/Getting_Involved">full page</a> of information dedicated towards becoming more involved with the team. The team is here and ready to help you help us!</p>
+
+<h2>jQuery {{version}} Change Log</h2>
+
+<p>The current change log of the {{version}} release.</p>
+
+{{#categories}}
+<h3>{{niceName}}</h3>
+
+<ul>
+{{#bugs}}
+	<li><a href="http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/{{ticket}}">#{{ticket}}</a>: {{title}}</li>
+{{/bugs}}
+</ul>
+{{/categories}}