1: This NEWS file records noteworthy changes, very tersely.
    2: See the manual for detailed information.
    3: 
    4:   Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001,
    5:   2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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   10: 
   11: Version 2.3 (29 June 2007)
   12: * GPL version 3.
   13: 
   14: ^L
   15: Version 2.2 (23 November 2006)
   16: * Remove creeping non-feature of reading mail; simplify code accordingly.
   17: * Many improvements to the tests to make them more useful examples.
   18: * --help and --version exit immediately, as specified by GNU standards.
   19: * Distribution:
   20:   . use gnulib for shared source files, such as texinfo.tex and getopt.c.
   21:   . update for automake 1.10, autoconf 2.61, gettext 0.16.
   22:   . new bg (Bulgarian) translation; many updated translations.
   23: 
   24: ^L
   25: Version 2.1.2 (20 July 2002)
   26: * Updated translations: es, fr, fi, nb, pt_BR, ru, sk, uk.
   27: * New translations: eu, fa, es_AR, ga, ka, ro, sr, zh_CN.
   28: 
   29: ^L
   30: Version 2.1.1 (9 June 2002)
   31: * Bugfixes:
   32:   . Display the bug reporting address.
   33: 
   34: ^L
   35: Version 2.1.0 (22 May 2002)
   36: * Automake support.
   37: * Experimental NLS ("Native Language Support").
   38: * Translations for ca, da, de, el, eo, es, et, fi, fr, gl, he, hr, hu,
   39:   id, it, ja, ko, lv, nb, nl, nn, pl, pt, pt_BR, ru, sk, sl, sv, tr, and uk.
   40: * Test suite.
   41: * Add a contrib directory.
   42: * Manual page, produced with 'help2man'.
   43: * Create proper copyright statement for all output formats.
   44: * New greeting message ('-n', '--next-generation').
   45: * Bugfixes:
   46:   . GNU hello ('-m') does not loop forever if MAIL environment variable is
   47:     not set.
   48: 
   49: ^L
   50: Version 1.3 (22 May 1993)
   51: * GNU hello now exits immediately and successfully after printing its
   52:   version number and/or usage message under the `--version' (or `-v') and
   53:   `--help' (or `-h') options.
   54: 
   55: ^L
   56: Version 1.2 (21 May 1993)
   57: * GNU hello can now read your mail with the `-m' (or `--mail') option.
   58: 
   59: ^L
   60: Version 1.1 (16 September 1992)
   61: * There is a new, improved greeting message.
   62:   You can use the new `--traditional' option to get the old behavior.
   63: 
   64: * Zork output compatibility has been added.
   65: 
   66: * There is now a `NEWS' file (this one), giving a history of
   67:   user-visible changes.