1 * Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
3 * Noteworthy changes in release 2.8 (2012-04-19) [stable]
5 The build system has been overhauled to be more in line with
6 mainstream modern GNU practice, and various translations have been
7 updated (thanks to the Translation Project!).
9 Version 2.7 (28 March 2011)
13 . updated -translations.
15 \f Version 2.6 (7 April 2010)
17 . make distribution of .tar.xz as well as .tar.gz.
20 . use gnulib's srclist-update to keep other common files in sync.
21 . updated translations.
23 \f Version 2.5 (7 February 2010)
26 . autoconf 2.65, automake 1.11.1.
27 (Especially including the make dist security fix.)
28 . follow latest recommendations for --help and --version.
29 . updated translations.
31 \f Version 2.4 (9 December 2008)
32 * last greeting option wins; before, the precedence was randomly hardwired.
33 * FDL version 1.3+ for the documentation.
37 . Include en@quot and en@boldquot support.
38 . Remove obsolete translations de_DE and es_AR.
39 . new (old) translations: ms (Malay), ro (Romansh), th (Thai).
41 \f Version 2.3 (29 June 2007)
44 \f Version 2.2 (23 November 2006)
45 * Remove creeping non-feature of reading mail; simplify code accordingly.
46 * Many improvements to the tests to make them more useful examples.
47 * --help and --version exit immediately, as specified by GNU standards.
49 . use gnulib for shared source files, such as texinfo.tex and getopt.c.
50 . update for automake 1.10, autoconf 2.61, gettext 0.16.
51 . new bg (Bulgarian) translation; many updated translations.
53 \f Version 2.1.2 (20 July 2002)
54 * Updated translations: es, fr, fi, nb, pt_BR, ru, sk, uk.
55 * New translations: eu, fa, es_AR, ga, ka, ro, sr, zh_CN.
57 \f Version 2.1.1 (9 June 2002)
59 . Display the bug reporting address.
61 \f Version 2.1.0 (22 May 2002)
63 * Experimental NLS ("Native Language Support").
64 * Translations for ca, da, de, el, eo, es, et, fi, fr, gl, he, hr, hu,
65 id, it, ja, ko, lv, nb, nl, nn, pl, pt, pt_BR, ru, sk, sl, sv, tr, and uk.
67 * Add a contrib directory.
68 * Manual page, produced with 'help2man'.
69 * Create proper copyright statement for all output formats.
70 * New greeting message ('-n', '--next-generation').
72 . GNU hello ('-m') does not loop forever if MAIL environment variable is
75 \f Version 1.3 (22 May 1993)
76 * GNU hello now exits immediately and successfully after printing its
77 version number and/or usage message under the `--version' (or `-v') and
78 `--help' (or `-h') options.
80 \f Version 1.2 (21 May 1993)
81 * GNU hello can now read your mail with the `-m' (or `--mail') option.
83 \f Version 1.1 (16 September 1992)
84 * There is a new, improved greeting message.
85 You can use the new `--traditional' option to get the old behavior.
87 * Zork output compatibility has been added.
89 * There is now a `NEWS' file (this one), giving a history of