If building from a non-master git branch, include the branch name in the version...

[nmh] / docs / pending-release-notes

diff --git a/docs/pending-release-notes b/docs/pending-release-notes
index 1ae76473c9917f28ea1c7d39e512807d4f4c3b2e..07c073ab8347db42c941abcc269177029aaacc77 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/pending-release-notes
+++ b/docs/pending-release-notes
@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ NEW FEATURES
   buffers.
 - If a component has trailing whitespace, e.g., body:component="> ",
   mhl now trims that whitespace off when filtering blank text lines.
+- An "rtrim" flag has been added to mhl to remove any trailing
+  whitespace from filtered text lines.  A corresponding "nortrim" flag
+  has also been added.
+- The default locations for configuration files and suppoooort binaries
+  have been changed.  Configuration files now install into ${sysconfdir}/nmh,
+  and support binaries are placed in ${libexecdir}/nmh.  If you are upgrading
+  an existing installation you should look for old configuration files in
+  ${sysconfdir} and merge any local customizations into the new files in
+  ${sysconfdir}/nmh, then remove the old files.  ${libdir} will also contain
+  obsolete support programs that should be removed.
+- When building from source, configure will derive ${prefix} from an existing
+  nmh installation if it finds one in your $PATH.
 
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 OBSOLETE FEATURES
@@ -31,6 +43,9 @@ DEPRECATED FEATURES
 
 - Support for the MHPDEBUG environment variable is deprecated and will be
   removed from a future nmh release.  Instead, use the -debug switch to pick.
+- With the move of support binaries from ${libdir} to ${libexecdir}/nmh, the
+  mostly undocumented 'libdir' mhparam(1) component has been replaced by a
+  new 'libexecdir' component.  'libdir' will be removed in a future release.
 
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 BUG FIXES