Merge branch 'newlock'

[nmh] / docs / pending-release-notes

diff --git a/docs/pending-release-notes b/docs/pending-release-notes
index c8dd62312848f9fd6622dfe4175bedf4950af48f..e275dfa6497d2424c350a9859b569722ed3259f0 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/pending-release-notes
+++ b/docs/pending-release-notes
@@ -32,7 +32,25 @@ NEW FEATURES
 - inc(1) now supports a -port switch to specify the port used by the
   POP server.
 - pick(1) now decodes MIME-encoded header fields before searching.
 - inc(1) now supports a -port switch to specify the port used by the
   POP server.
 - pick(1) now decodes MIME-encoded header fields before searching.

-
+- The VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables are now supported as fallbacks
+  if the user does not configure an editor entry in their profile.
+- The format engine (mh_format(5)) now properly accounts for multibyte
+  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.

 
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 OBSOLETE/DEPRECATED FEATURES
 
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 OBSOLETE/DEPRECATED FEATURES


@@ -56,6 +74,7 @@ OBSOLETE/DEPRECATED FEATURES
   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.
   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,


@@ -71,6 +90,11 @@ OBSOLETE/DEPRECATED FEATURES
 - Support for encoding some characters designated as EBCDIC-unsafe
   via the -ebcdicsafe and -noebcdicsafe switches to mhbuild has
   been removed.
 - Support for encoding some characters designated as EBCDIC-unsafe
   via the -ebcdicsafe and -noebcdicsafe switches to mhbuild has
   been removed.

+- The configure flag --with-pager has been removed; the default pager
+  is now hardcoded as "more".  Users are still free to override the
+  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".

 
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