Dropped support for protocol versions less than 20 (2.3.0

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@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ Changes since 2.6.0:
       earlier in the list than the files that are already present on the
       receiving side.
 
-    * Got rid of support for protocol versions 17 and 18 (which are
-      both over 6 years old).  (Wayne Davison)
+    * Dropped support for protocol versions less than 20
+      (2.3.0 released 15 Mar 1999) and activated warnings for
+      protocols less than 25 (2.5.0 released 23 Aug 2001)
+          (Wayne Davison and J.W. Schultz, severally)
 
     * More optimal data transmission for --hard-links (protocol 28).
 
@@ -100,6 +102,10 @@ Changes since 2.6.0:
 
     * Less memory is used in the file list (a per-file savings).
 
+    * Changed hardlink info and file_struct + strings to use
+      allocation pools.  This reduces memory use for large
+      filesets and permits freeing memory to the OS.  (J.W. Schultz) 
+
     * The 2 pipes used between the receiver and generator processes
       (which are forked on the same machine) were reduced to 1 pipe
       and the protocol improved so that (1) it is now impossible to