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@@ -2,14 +2,21 @@ NEWS for rsync 3.0.0 (UNRELEASED)
 Protocol: 30 (changed)
 Changes since 2.6.9:
 
-  NOTABLE CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR:
-
-   - The handling of implied directories when using --relative has changed
-     to send them as directories (e.g. no implied dir is ever sent as a
-     symlink).  This avoids unexpected behavior and should not adversely
-     affect most people.  If you're one of those rare people who relied
-     upon having an implied dir be duplicated as a symlink, either specify
-     --keep-dirlinks or --no-implied-dirs.
+  NOTABLE CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR:
+
+    - The handling of implied directories when using --relative has changed to
+      send them as directories (e.g. no implied dir is ever sent as a symlink).
+      This avoids unexpected behavior and should not adversely affect most
+      people.  If you're one of those rare people who relied upon having an
+      implied dir be duplicated as a symlink, you should specify the transfer
+      of the symlink and the transfer of the referent directory as separate
+      args.  (See also --keep-dirlinks and --no-implied-dirs.)
+
+    - Requesting a remote file list without specifying -r (--recursive) now
+      sends the -d (--dirs) option to the remote rsync rather than sending -r
+      along with an extra exclude of /*/*.  If the remote rsync does not
+      understand the -d option (i.e. it is 2.6.3 or older), you will need to
+      either turn off -d (--no-d), or specify  -r --exclude='/*/*'  manually.
 
   BUG FIXES:
 
@@ -55,9 +62,9 @@ Changes since 2.6.9:
     - Fixed a bug when using --backup and --inplace with --whole-file or
       --read-batch: backup files are actually created now.
 
-    - Starting up an extra copy of an rsync daemon does not delete the pidfile
-      for the running daemon -- if the pidfile exists, the extra program will
-      exit with an error.
+    - Starting up an extra copy of an rsync daemon will not clobber the pidfile
+      for the running daemon -- if the pidfile exists, the new daemon will exit
+      with an error.
 
     - The daemon pidfile is checked and created sooner in the startup sequence.
 
@@ -95,17 +102,19 @@ Changes since 2.6.9:
 
     - Added the --acls (-A) option to preserve Access Control Lists.  This is
       an improved version of the prior patch that was available, and it even
-      supports OS X ACLs.  (If you need to have backward compatibility with
-      old, patched versions of rsync, apply the acls.diff file from the patches
-      dir.)
+      supports OS X ACLs.  If you need to have backward compatibility with old,
+      acl-patched versions of rsync, apply the acls.diff file from the patches
+      dir.
 
     - Added the --xattrs (-X) option to preserver extended attributes.  This is
-      an improved version of the prior patch that was available.  (If you need
-      to have backward compatibility with old, patched versions of rsync, apply
-      the xattrs.diff file from the patches dir.)
+      an improved version of the prior patch that was available, and it even
+      supports OS X xattrs (which includes their resource fork data).  If you
+      need to have backward compatibility with old, xattr-patched versions of
+      rsync, apply the xattrs.diff file from the patches dir.
 
     - Added the --fake-super option that allows a non-super user to preserve
       all attributes of a file by using a special extended-attribute idiom.
+      It even supports the storing of foreign ACL data on your backup server.
       There is also an analogous "fake super" option for an rsync daemon.
 
     - Added the --iconv option, which allows rsync to convert filenames from