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[nmh] / docs / pending-release-notes

diff --git a/docs/pending-release-notes b/docs/pending-release-notes
index 9624ac6c055d6f70453b5ac504e2b2329d598326..997c5904280d02a72c0d49464eccb75e9d3bb150 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.


@@ -38,11 +39,31 @@ NEW FEATURES
   characters when accounting for column widths.
 - burst(1) now can burst MIME-formatted digests (messages that contain
   message/rfc822 parts instead of messages formatted with RFC 934).
   characters when accounting for column widths.
 - burst(1) now can burst MIME-formatted digests (messages that contain
   message/rfc822 parts instead of messages formatted with RFC 934).

+- All proc entries (showproc, moreproc, etc) can now accept entries that
+  contain spaces and shell metacharacters.  If found, such entries will
+  either be space-splitted or processed by /bin/sh.
+- A new program, fmttest(1) is included to help debug format files
+- mhshow/mhstore now have support for RFC-2017 (access-type=url) for
+  external message bodies.
+- Added -retainsequences switch to refile(1).
+- A new program, mhfixmsg(1), is included to rewrite MIME messages with
+  various transformations.
+- Added -[no]rmmproc switches to rmm(1).
+- 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).
+- The -changecur and -nochangecur switches have been added to mhlist(1).
+- mhbuild(1) can now encode 8-bit message headers using RFC-2047 encoding
+  rules.

 
 

-----------------------------
-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


@@ -55,13 +76,6 @@ 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,


@@ -82,6 +96,21 @@ OBSOLETE/DEPRECATED FEATURES
   default using the PAGER environment variable or entries in .mh_profile.
 - The configure flag --with-editor has been removed; the fallback editor
   if none is configured is "vi".
   default using the PAGER environment variable or entries in .mh_profile.
 - The configure flag --with-editor has been removed; the fallback editor
   if none is configured is "vi".

+- The support for the undocumented NOPUBLICSEQ preprocessor definition
+  to disable public sequence support has been removed.
+
+-------------------
+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


@@ -104,3 +133,9 @@ 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].