Final release note after many fixes from the ejabberd Chatroom and

StPeter

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doc/release_notes_0.9.8.txt

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 			      2005-08-01
 
    This document describes the main changes in ejabberd 0.9.8. This
-   version prepares the release of ejabberd 1.0, which is due later
+   version prepares the way for the release of ejabberd 1.0, which 
-   this year.
+   is due later this year.
 
-   The code can be downloaded from the Process-one website
+   The code can be downloaded from the Process-one website:
-   (http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/)
+   http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/
 
-   For more detailed informations, please refer to ejabberd User Guide
+   For more detailed information, please refer to ejabberd User Guide
-   on Process-one website (http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/).
+   on the Process-one website:
+   http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/docs.html
+
+
+   Recent changes include....
 
 
 Enhanced virtual hosting
 
-   Virtual hosting now applies to much more setting options and
+   Virtual hosting applies to many more setting options and
-   features and is now transparent. Virtual hosting accepts different
+   features and is transparent. Virtual hosting accepts different
    parameters for different virtual hosts regarding the following
-   features: Authentication method, Access Control List and access
+   features: authentication method, access control lists and access
-   rules, users management, statistics and shared roster. The web
+   rules, users management, statistics, and shared roster. The web
-   interface now gives access to each virtual host's parameters.
+   interface gives access to each virtual host's parameters.
 
 
-Enhanced publish and subscribe module
+Enhanced Publish-Subscribe module
 
-   ejabberd pubsub module now integrates enhancements coming from
+   ejabberd's Publish-Subscribe module integrates enhancements
-   J-EAI, an XMPP-based integration server built on ejabberd. ejabberd
+   coming from J-EAI, an XMPP-based integration server built on
-   thus supports publish and subscribe node configuration. It is
+   ejabberd. ejabberd thus supports Publish-Subscribe node
-   possible to define nodes that should be persistant, and the number
+   configuration. It is possible to define nodes that should be
-   of items to persist. It is also possible to define various
+   persistent, and the number of items to persist. Besides that, it
-   notification parameters, such as the delivery of the payload with
+   is also possible to define various notification parameters, such
-   the notifications, the notification of subscribers when some
+   as the delivery of the payload with the notifications, and the
-   changes occur on items, the maximum size of the items payload, the
+   notification of subscribers when some changes occur on items.
+   Other examples are: the maximum size of the items payload, the
    subscription approvers, the limitation of the notification to
    online users only, etc.
 
 
 Code reorganisation and update
 
-   - The mod_register have been cleaned up.
+   - The mod_register module has been cleaned up.
-   - ODBC support have been updated and several bugs have been fixed.
+   - ODBC support has been updated and several bugs have been fixed.
 
 
 Development API
 
    To ease the work of Jabber/XMPP developers, a filter_packet hook
-   has been added. It is thus possible to develop specific plugin to
+   has been added. As a result it is possible to develop plugins to
    filter or modify packets flowing through ejabberd.
 
 
 Translations
 
-   Translations have been updated to support the new pubsub features.
+   - Translations have been updated to support the new Publish-Subscribe features.
-   A new Brazilian Portuguese translation has been added.
+   - A new Brazilian Portuguese translation has been contributed.
 
 
 Web interface
 
-   CSS stylesheets are now W3C compliant.
+   - The CSS stylesheet from the web interface is W3C compliant.
 
 
 Installers
 
-   Installers are now provided for Microsoft Windows and Linux/x86. The
+   Installers are provided for Microsoft Windows and Linux/x86. The
-   Linux installer now includes Erlang ASN.1 modules for LDAP
+   Linux installer includes Erlang ASN.1 modules for LDAP
    authentication support.
 
 
 Bugfixes
 
-   This release contains several bugfixes and architectural
+   - This release contains several bugfixes and architectural
-   changes. Among other things Bugfixes include improvements on LDAP
+     changes. Among other bugfixes include improvements in LDAP
-   authentication.  Please refer to the ChangeLog file supplied with
+     authentication. Please refer to the ChangeLog file supplied 
-   this release for details of all improvements in the ejabberd code.
+     with this release regarding all improvements in ejabberd.
 
 
 References
 
-   The ejabberd feature sheet helps to make comparison with other
+   The ejabberd feature sheet helps comparing with other Jabber/XMPP 
-   Jabber/XMPP servers:
+   servers:
    http://www.process-one.net/en/projects/ejabberd/docs/features.pdf
 
-   Contributed tutorials are available:
+   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
+