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>>>>> On 24 Jun 1999 23:34:01 +0200, Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE said:

>> I'm an active ?gnus user, keeping up on the bleeding edge as best I
>> can, but I'm not always able to figure out exactly what the changes
>> are from version to version.

Kai> Are the changelog entries not sufficient to figure this out?

They aren't really sufficient for people who aren't that familiar with
the architecture of gnus...  And the descriptions are short.
Something like the NEWS file works better.  But then, I'm sure the
argument would be "if you're aren't all that familiar, you probably
shouldn't be using pgnus".

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