Added note to pending-release-notes that "*" address-group is

[nmh] / docs / pending-release-notes

diff --git a/docs/pending-release-notes b/docs/pending-release-notes
index e275dfa6497d2424c350a9859b569722ed3259f0..cbc3f2adcd16d1e2a63aba636f3c3de868c8f3b1 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/pending-release-notes
+++ b/docs/pending-release-notes
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ NEW FEATURES
   (pseudo)random bytes and uses microsecond-resolution time.
 - Added -clobber switch to mhstore(1) to control overwriting of
   existing files.
   (pseudo)random bytes and uses microsecond-resolution time.
 - Added -clobber switch to mhstore(1) to control overwriting of
   existing files.

+- Added -outfile switch to mhstore(1).

 - Added -noall/-all switches to sortm(1).  sortm -noall requires
   a messages argument.
 - $PAGER overrides the compiled-in default pager command.
 - Added -noall/-all switches to sortm(1).  sortm -noall requires
   a messages argument.
 - $PAGER overrides the compiled-in default pager command.


@@ -51,11 +52,15 @@ NEW FEATURES
 - Added support for Content-Disposition header (RFC 2183) to mhstore(1)
   and mhn(1) when used with -auto.
 - All nmh commands now support transactional locking for sequence files.
 - Added support for Content-Disposition header (RFC 2183) to mhstore(1)
   and mhn(1) when used with -auto.
 - All nmh commands now support transactional locking for sequence files.

+- There is no longer a per-folder maximum number of sequences.
+- For the SMTP MTA TLS can now be negotiated at the beginning of the
+  connection with the -initialtls switch.
+- Messages can now be selected using a relative offset from some other
+  message, or from the start or end of a sequence.  See mh-sequences(5).

 
 

-----------------------------
-OBSOLETE/DEPRECATED FEATURES
-----------------------------
-
+-----------------
+OBSOLETE FEATURES
+-----------------

 - Changed exit status of each nmh command's -version and -help
   switches from 1 to 0.
 - The following environment variables were deprecated in nmh 1.5
 - Changed exit status of each nmh command's -version and -help
   switches from 1 to 0.
 - The following environment variables were deprecated in nmh 1.5


@@ -68,13 +73,6 @@ OBSOLETE/DEPRECATED FEATURES
   was deprecated in nmh 1.5.  If there are no requests to maintain
   -atfile, it will be removed in the future.
 - The undocumented -queue switch to mhmail has been removed.
   was deprecated in nmh 1.5.  If there are no requests to maintain
   -atfile, it will be removed in the future.
 - The undocumented -queue switch to mhmail has been removed.

-- The undocumented -queue switch to post is deprecated/obsolete
-  and will be removed in the next release.  It supports the
-  SMTP XQUE verb, which is obsolete according to
-  http://smtpfilter.sourceforge.net/esmtp.html
-- conflict(8) is deprecated and will be removed from the next release.
-- mhtest(8) is deprecated and will be removed from the next release.
-- msh(1) is deprecated and will be removed from the next release.

 - spost(8) has been merged into post(8).  Its functionality is enabled
   by selecting the sendmail/pipe mail transport method, described in
   the mh-tailor(5) man page.  The spost -noalias, -backup/-nobackup,
 - spost(8) has been merged into post(8).  Its functionality is enabled
   by selecting the sendmail/pipe mail transport method, described in
   the mh-tailor(5) man page.  The spost -noalias, -backup/-nobackup,


@@ -96,6 +94,19 @@ OBSOLETE/DEPRECATED FEATURES
 - The configure flag --with-editor has been removed; the fallback editor
   if none is configured is "vi".
 
 - The configure flag --with-editor has been removed; the fallback editor
   if none is configured is "vi".
 

+-------------------
+DEPRECATED FEATURES
+-------------------
+- The undocumented -queue switch to post is deprecated/obsolete
+  and will be removed in the next release.  It supports the
+  SMTP XQUE verb, which is obsolete according to
+  http://smtpfilter.sourceforge.net/esmtp.html
+- conflict(8) is deprecated and will be removed from the next release.
+- mhtest(8) is deprecated and will be removed from the next release.
+- msh(1) is deprecated and will be removed from the next release.
+- Support in alias files for the the "*" address-group is obsolescent
+  and will be removed in a future release.
+

 ---------
 BUG FIXES
 ---------
 ---------
 BUG FIXES
 ---------


@@ -117,3 +128,9 @@ BUG FIXES
 - Removed the artificial limit of 1000 messages at a time for rmmproc.
 - Fixed decoding of header fields when they contain a character that
   can't be converted.
 - Removed the artificial limit of 1000 messages at a time for rmmproc.
 - Fixed decoding of header fields when they contain a character that
   can't be converted.

+- post(8) -sasl now honours username in .netrc [Bug #23168].  whom(1),
+  send(1), inc(1), and msgchk(1) also benefit from this fix.  And, nmh
+  now supports specification of any valid filename in place of
+  $HOME/.netrc.
+- Added quoting of local part of invalid address in message being
+  replied to [Bug #26780].