diff --git a/PORTED_09 b/PORTED_09
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@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+When porting a plugin start with 0.8 CVS head, not the old code in this module. There are many bugfixes which have gone into 0.8 which you want to keep.
+
 List of ported plugins (update when you commit a ported plugin):
 effectv (wim)
 mad	(wim)