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+				Release Notes
+				ejabberd 1.1.0
+				24 April 2006
+
+   This document describes the main changes in ejabberd 1.1.0. This version
+   introduce new features, new JEPs (Jabber Enhancement Proposal) support, and
+   many performance improvements for large scale deployments.
+
+   ejabberd can be downloaded from the Process-one website:
+   http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/
+
+   Detailed information can be found in the ejabberd Feature Sheet and User
+   Guide which are available on the Process-one website:
+   http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/docs.html
+
+   A complete list of changes is available from:
+   http://support.process-one.net/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10011&styleName=Html&version=10025
+
+
+   Recent changes include:
+
+
+New Jabber Enhancement Proposal support:
+
+  - JEP-0050: adhoc commands support.
+  - JEP-0138: Stream compression support.
+  - JEP-0175: SASL anonymous.
+
+Anonymous login
+
+  - SASL anonymous is fully supported.
+  - Login anonymous is supported for client that do not yet support SASL
+    anonymous.
+  
+Relational database Support
+
+  - MySQL is now fully supported through ODBC or in native mode.
+  - Various improvements to the native database features.
+  - The Jabber migration tool can now use relational databases and not only
+    the internal Mnesia database.
+
+Multi-User Chat improvements
+
+  - Logging of room discussion to text file is now supported.
+  - Better reconfiguration support.
+  - Security oriented fixes.
+  - Several improvements and updates to latest JEP-0045.
+
+Performance scalability improvements for large clusters
+
+  - Improved session synchronisation management between cluster nodes.
+  - Internal architecture has been reworked to use generalize Erlang/OTP
+    framework usage.
+  - Speed improvement on logger.
+  - TCP/IP packet reception change for better network throttling and
+    regulation.
+  As a result, load on large installation should be reduced.
+
+XMPP Protocol related improvements
+
+  - The size of the XML stanza is now limited.
+  - Messages are now send to all resources that have a priority equal to the
+    highest priority currently used by the user.
+
+Documentation and Internationalization
+
+   - Documentation has been extended to cover more topics and updated.
+   - Translations have been updated.
+
+Bugfixes
+
+   - This release contains many bugfixes on various other areas: pubsub, build
+     chain, installers, IRC gateway, ejabberdctl, ...
+   - Please refer to the ChangeLog file supplied with this release regarding
+     all improvements in ejabberd.
+
+
+   Installation Notes
+
+
+Supported Erlang Version
+
+   - You need at least Erlang/OTP R9C to run ejabberd 1.1.0.
+
+Installation
+
+   Installers are provided for Microsoft Windows, Linux/x86 and MacOSX/PPC.
+   Installers can be retrieved from:
+   http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/download.html
+
+Migration Notes
+
+   - Before any migration, ejabberd system and database must be properly
+     backed up.
+   - The database schema has not been changed and as such does not require any
+     migration.
+
+
+References
+
+   Contributed tutorials of interest are:
+   - Migration from Jabberd1.4 to ejabberd:
+     http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/jabberd1-to-ejabberd
+   - Migration from Jabberd2 to ejabberd:
+     http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/jabberd2-to-ejabberd
+   - Transport configuration for connecting to other networks:
+     http://ejabberd.jabber.ru/tutorials-transports
+
+END