[pkgsrc/trunk]: pkgsrc/doc Start a NEWS file and retroactively add some news ...

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details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/65ae01ab511a
branches:  trunk
changeset: 537856:65ae01ab511a
user:      tnn <tnn%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Fri Jan 18 05:47:30 2008 +0000

description:
Start a NEWS file and retroactively add some news entries. Contribution to
this file is not mandatory, but feel free to help out.

# This file contains information about important infrastructural changes in
# pkgsrc. The intended readers are the pkgsrc developers as well as anyone
# tracking pkgsrc-current.

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+# $NetBSD: NEWS,v 1.1 2008/01/18 05:47:30 tnn Exp $
+
+PKGSRC NEWS
+===========
+
+  This file contains information about important infrastructural changes in
+  pkgsrc. The intended readers are the pkgsrc developers as well as anyone
+  tracking pkgsrc-current.
+
+
+OpenSSL update [tnn 20080118]
+       OpenSSL in pkgsrc switched from the 0.9.7 to the 0.9.8 branch. To
+       accomodate for this, 596 packages dependent on openssl had their
+       revisions bumped.
+
+pkgsrc-2007Q4 released [agc 20080105]
+       A new stable branch was released. Read the announcement at:
+       http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2008/01/05/0000.html
+
+Simplifying meta-packages [rillig 20071219]
+       The variable META_PACKAGE was introduced. This simplifies creation
+       and maintenance of packages that do not install files.
+       
+pkgsrc-2007Q3 released [agc 20071015]
+       A new stable branch was released. Read the announcement at:
+       http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2007/10/15/0000.html
+
+Features framework [jlam 20070907]
+       A "system features" framework has been added. It will be used to
+       automatically supply missing "basic" headers and libraries for old
+       systems. This is supported through the USE_FEATURES variable.
+
+X.org 6.9 removed [joerg 20070817]
+       monolithic X.org 6.9 was removed from pkgsrc. It was obsoleted by the
+       modular X.org (7.x) packages. Transitioning users should remove all old
+       X.org packages and set X11_TYPE=modular in mk.conf.
+
+Emulator framework [jlam 20070729]
+       A new emulator framework has been added. This will handle all
+       binary-only packages that require emulation on the native OS.
+       Please see pkgsrc/mk/emulator/README.
+
+audit-packages merged with pkg_install [adrianp 20070714]
+       The utility for auditing installed packages for security problems,
+       audit-packages, has been rewritten in C. It is now part of the
+       pkgtools/pkg_install package.
+       
+pkgsrc-2007Q2 released [agc 20070701]
+       A new stable branch was released. Read the announcement at:
+       http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2007/07/01/0000.html
+
+New framework for bulk builds [joerg 20070619]
+       pbulk, the new automated pkgsrc bulk build framework was imported.
+
+pkgsrc-2007Q1 released [agc 20070419]
+       A new stable branch was released. Read the announcement at:
+       http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2007/04/19/0000.html
+
+pkgsrc-2006Q4 released [agc 20070104]
+       A new stable branch was released. Read the announcement at:
+       http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2007/01/04/0000.html
+
+modular X.org imported [joerg 20061114]
+       The modular X.org packages were imported.
+
+pkgsrc-2006Q3 released [agc 20061001]
+       A new stable branch was released. Read the announcement at:
+       http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2006/10/01/0000.html