One thing I haven't noticed in either of the proposed NEWS files is that the gnus-mail-*-method variables no longer point to a function but rather a symbol that is used as sort of an index. I can't believe I'm really the only one to ever redefine the gnus-mail-*-using-whatever to behave somewhat differently. I've resorted to advising the gnus-summary-mail-* functions in my nnmh groups to get the behavior I want in sgnus. Someone else may find they need to do the same.