Revision: miles@gnu.org--gnu-2004/gnus--devo--0--patch-146

[gnus] / GNUS-NEWS

diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS
index 181628e..6db5c54 100644 (file)
--- a/GNUS-NEWS
+++ b/GNUS-NEWS
@@ -9,19 +9,32 @@ For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
 \f
 * Changes in No Gnus
 
-** The nntp back end store article marks in `~/News/marks'.  The
-directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
+** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
+
+If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this
+release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading
+to this version.  In particular, you will probably want to remove the
+`~/News/marks' directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are
+read from your `~/.newsrc.eld' instead of from the stale marks file,
+where this release will store flags for nntp.  See a later entry for
+more information about nntp marks.  Note that downgrading isn't safe
+in general.
+
+** The nntp back end store article marks in `~/News/marks'.
+
+The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
 `nntp-marks-directory', and marks can be disabled using the (backend)
 variable `nntp-marks-is-evil'.  The advantage of this is that you can
 copy `~/News/marks' (using rsync, scp or whatever) to another Gnus
 installation, and it will realize what articles you have read and
 marked.  The data in `~/News/marks' has priority over the same data
-in `~/.newsrc.eld'.  This means that if you downgrade to, say, Gnus
-5.10 and read mail and later come back to this Gnus version, your
-marks will be stale.  You can remove the `~/News/marks' content (even
-selectively) to remedy this.
+in `~/.newsrc.eld'.
+
+** Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
+`gnus-picon-style'
 
 ** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files.
+*Note RSS::.
 
 ** The option `mm-fill-flowed' can be used to disable treatment of
 format=flowed messages.  Also, flowed text is disabled when sending
@@ -65,6 +78,12 @@ customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'.
 ** Gnus now MIME decode articles even when they lack "MIME-Version"
 header.  This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'.
 
+** Gnus now view DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode.
+
+** Gnus now support the "hashcash" client puzzle anti-spam idea.  See
+the Gnus manual, section Hashcash, for more information.  Use (setq
+message-generate-hashcash t) to enable.
+
 \f
 * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".