# HG changeset patch
# User Richard Jones <richard@users.sourceforge.net>
# Date 1105596713 0
# Node ID 4e7eaf475ad79d041de203469927e5ec89a62839
# Parent  a574d183b0df2b08d23692c5139b9c443a1c28e1
merge

diff -r a574d183b0df -r 4e7eaf475ad7 doc/whatsnew-0.8.txt
--- a/doc/whatsnew-0.8.txt	Thu Jan 13 05:52:42 2005 +0000
+++ b/doc/whatsnew-0.8.txt	Thu Jan 13 06:11:53 2005 +0000
@@ -9,6 +9,34 @@
 
 .. contents::
 
+In Summary
+==========
+
+(this information copied directly from the ``CHANGES.txt`` file)
+
+XXX this section needs more detail
+
+- remove "manual" locking of sqlite database
+- create a new RDBMS cursor after committing
+- roundup-mailgw now logs fatal exceptions rather than mailing them to admin
+- roundup-server options -g and -u accept both ids and names (sf bug 983769)
+- roundup-server now has a configuration file (-C option)
+- added mod_python interface (see installation.txt)
+- added option to turn off registration confirmation via email
+  ("instant_registration" in config) (sf rfe 922209)
+- roundup-admin reindex command may now work on single items or classes
+- record journaltag lookup ("fixes" sf bug 998140)
+- roundup windows service may be installed with command line options
+  recognized by roundup-server (but not tracker specification arguments).
+  Use this to specify server configuration file for the service.
+- added experimental multi-thread server
+- don't try to import all backends in backends.__init__ unless we *want* to
+- unless in debug mode, keep a single persistent connection through a
+  single web or mailgw request.
+- extended security.addPermissionToRole to allow skipping the separate
+  getPermission call
+
+
 Logging of internal messages
 ============================
 
@@ -91,8 +119,6 @@
 
 The web interface has seen some changes:
 
-XXX this section needs more detail
-
 Templating
   We implement __nonzero__ for HTMLProperty - properties may now be used in
   boolean conditions (eg ``tal:condition="issue/nosy"`` will be false if