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@@ -11,23 +11,78 @@ Changes since 2.6.9:
       option.  Prior versions used to output too many creation events for
       matching items.
 
+    - The code that waits for a child pid now handles being interrupted by a
+      signal.  This fixes a problem with the pre-xfer exec function not being
+      able to get the exit status from the script.
+
     - A negated filter rule now sends the negation option when sending the
       filter rules.
 
-  ENHANCEMENTS:
+    - Fixed a problem with the --out-format (aka --log-format) option:  it
+      would output superfluous directory information for a non-daemon rsync.
+
+    - Fixed a problem with -vv (double --verbose) and --stats when "pushing"
+      files (which includes local copies).  Version 2.6.9 would complete the
+      copy, but exit with an error when the receiver output its memory stats.
 
-    - Added the --delete-delay option, which is a more efficient way to
-      delete files at the end of the transfer without needing a separate
-      delete pass.
+    - If --password-file is used on a non-daemon transfer, rsync now complains
+      and exits.  This should help users figure out that they can't use this
+      option to control a remote shell's password prompt.
 
-    - You may specify --max-delete=0 to a 3.0.0 client as long as the
-      receiving side is at least version 3.0.0.  This means that you
-      can pull from an older rsync with this option, but pushing to an
-      older rsync will generate an error.  *Be sure to never specify a 0
-      value to an older rsync client, or it will be silently ignored.*
+    - Make sure that directory permissions of a newly-created destination
+      directory are handled right when --perms is left off.
+
+  ENHANCEMENTS:
+
+    - A new incremental-recursion algorithm is now used when rsync is talking
+      to another 3.0.0 version.  This starts the transfer going more quickly
+      (before all the files have been found), and requires much less memory.
+      See the --recursive option in the manpage for some restrictions.
+
+    - The default --delete algorithm is now --delete-during when talking to a
+      3.x rsync.  This is a faster scan than using --delete-before (which is
+      the default when talking to older rsync versions), and is compatible with
+      the new incremental recursion mode.
+
+    - Added the --delete-delay option, which is a more efficient way to delete
+      files at the end of the transfer without needing a separate delete pass.
+
+    - Added the --acls (-A) option to preserve Access Control Lists.  This is
+      an improved version of the prior patch that was available.  (If you need
+      to have backward compatibility with old, patched versions, the new
+      acls.diff patch that will add that.)
+
+    - 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, the new
+      xattrs.diff patch that will add that.)
+
+    - 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.
+      There is also an analogous "fake super" option for an rsync daemon.
+
+    - You may specify --max-delete=0 to a 3.0.0 client as long as the receiving
+      side is at least version 3.0.0.  This means that you can pull from an
+      older rsync with this option, but pushing to an older rsync will generate
+      an error.  *Be sure to never specify a 0 value to an older rsync client,
+      or it will be silently ignored.*
+
+    - The --hard-link option now uses less memory on both the sending and
+      receiving side for all protocol versions.  For protocol 30, the use of a
+      hashtable on the sending side allows us to more efficiently convey to the
+      receiver what files are linked together.  This reduces the amount of data
+      sent over the socket by a considerable margin (rather than adding more
+      data), and limits the in-memory storage of the device+inode information
+      to just the sending side for the new protocol 30, or to the receiving
+      side when speaking an older protocol (note that older rsync versions kept
+      the device+inode information on both sides).
 
   INTERNAL:
 
+    - Rsync now supports the transfer of 64-bit timestamps (time_t values).
+
+    - Fixed a build problem with older (2.x) versions of gcc.
+
     - Added some isType() functions that make dealing with signed characters
       easier without forcing variables via casts.
 
@@ -41,8 +96,15 @@ Changes since 2.6.9:
 
     - Made the sending of some numbers more efficient for protocol 30.
 
+    - Make sure that a daemon process doesn't mind if the client was weird and
+      omitted the --server option.
+
     - Improved the use of "const" on pointers.
 
   DEVELOPER RELATED:
 
-    - ...
+    - Rsync now has a way of handling protocol-version changes during the
+      development of a new protocol version.  This exchange of sub-version
+      info does not interfere with the {MIN,MAX}_PROTOCOL_VERSION checking
+      in older versions (which would be the case if every minor change made
+      to the protocol in CVS incremented the main PROTOCOL_VERSION value).