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+---
+summary: >
+  Bumped the telegraf version to 1.5
+
+upgrades:
+  - |
+    Changed the branch for the telegraf build deb package job from release-1.2
+    to release-1.5. New branch contains the upstream release-1.5 branch and all
+    downstream changes and modifications.