[SACVS] CVS: spamassassin/build 2.60_change_summary,1.4,1.5

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RCS file: /cvsroot/spamassassin/spamassassin/build/2.60_change_summary,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -b -w -u -d -r1.4 -r1.5
--- 2.60_change_summary 19 Sep 2003 22:08:43 -0000      1.4
+++ 2.60_change_summary 23 Sep 2003 01:08:46 -0000      1.5
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+SpamAssassin 2.60 is released!  SpamAssassin 2.60 is the first major update
+of SpamAssassin since February 2003 (when the 2.50 series was released).
+
+SpamAssassin is a mail filter used to identify spam using advanced text
+analysis.  It uses a wide range of statistical and heuristic tests on mail
+to identify "spam", or unsolicited commercial email.
+
+Downloading
+-----------
+
 Pick it up from:
 
   http://SpamAssassin.org/released/Mail-SpamAssassin-2.60-rc6.tar.gz
@@ -24,101 +34,112 @@
 pub  1024D/265FA05B 2003-06-09 SpamAssassin Signing Key 
<release@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
      Key fingerprint =3D 26C9 00A4 6DD4 0CD5 AD24  F6D7 DEE0 1987 265F A05B
 
+Important installation notes
+----------------------------
 
-Changes since 2.5x:
+- Bayes FYI: 2.60 has a new Bayes backend and database format.  Your old
+  database(s) will automatically be upgraded the first time 2.60 tries to
+  write to the DB, and any journal, if it exists, will be wiped out without
+  being synced.
 
-- spamd now supports UNIX-domain sockets for low-overhead scanning, thanks
-  to Steve Friedl for this.  Strongly recommended if you're running spamc
-  on the same host as the spamd server
+  In addition, we have had to drop support for Bayes databases in formats
+  other than DB_File, due to a large number of serious issues (including
+  crash and concurrency bugs) with those formats.
 
-- DNSBLs overhauled; lots of new lists, including SORBS and SpamCop BL;
-  dropped Osirusoft due to their retirement, brought on by a DDOS
+  So, what you want to do is something like this:
 
-- better support for detecting 'invisible text' in HTML messages
+  - stop running spamassassin/spamd (ie: you don't want it to be running
+    during the upgrade)
+  - run "sa-learn --rebuild", this will sync your journal.
+  - upgrade SA to 2.60
+  - install DB_File module if necessary
+  - if you were using another database module, run "sa-learn --import"
+    to migrate the data into new DB_File files
+  - run "sa-learn --rebuild", this will cause the db format to be upgraded
+  - start running spamassassin/spamd again
 
-- new Bayes tweaks -- tokenization of partial address and URI elements
+  Obviously the steps will be different depending on your environment,
+  but you get the idea. :)
 
-- RBL timeouts are now handled much more efficiently; if one RBL is taking
-  much longer than all the others, it will be cut short and ignored
+- Bayes FYI 2: Because of the new database format, "check_bayes_db" will
+  no longer function properly.  The functionality from that script was
+  added to sa-learn via the "--dump" parameter.  Please see the sa-learn
+  man/pod documentation for more info.
 
-- now reduces amount of IP addresses queried, by inferring trust relationships
-  between Received headers; trust can be manually specified using
-  "trusted_networks"
+- SpamAssassin 2.6x will be the last release supporting perl 5.005,
+  so it's suggested to upgrade to at least perl 5.6.1
 
-- generalised Received-header parser to more easily detect HELO string
-  forgery and faked relay lines
+- Razor2 isn't fully taint safe.  So since SpamAssassin 2.60 enables
+  taint mode by default, there's a Razor2.patch file which needs to be
+  applied to Razor2.  Documentation exists in the patch file.
 
-- default report updated to list the hostname of the machine where
-  SpamAssassin is running; also asks installer for administrative address
-  or URL, to reduce user confusion
 
-- "add_header": more flexible header rewriting, with a simple template system
+Summary of major changes since 2.5x
+-----------------------------------
 
-- workaround for red hat kernel with NPTL reporting "application bug" in
-  spamd due to use of waitpid() when SIGCHLD is set to SIG_IGN
+spamd improvements
 
-- dccifd support added
+  - spamd now supports UNIX-domain sockets for low-overhead scanning, thanks
+    to Steve Friedl for this.  This is strongly recommended if you're running
+    spamc on the same host as the spamd server
 
-- Razor 1 support dropped
+Bayes improvements
 
-- support for domain-based blacklists
+  - new tweaks to the Bayes engine: it now breaks down email addresses and URI
+    elements while learning to use as additional features when testing email
 
 - new bayes backend, including new database format, ability to learn messages
   to the journal, etc.  Improved expiration mechanism
 
+HTML parser improvements
+
 - HTML::Parser 3.24 or higher is now required
 
-- taint mode is now enabled by default (for perl versions 5.6.0 and
-  higher) for extra security
+  - major improvements to the HTML engine, including better support for
+    detecting 'invisible text' and similar obfuscation techniques used in
+    spam
 
-- timelog code has been removed
+DNS blacklist and network testing improvements
 
-- Makefile variables were changed to use DESTDIR instead of the various
-  INST_* variables.  Please read the PACKAGING file for more information.
+  - DNS blacklists (RBLs) overhauled; lots of new lists, including SORBS and
+    SpamCop; dropped Osirusoft due to their retirement (brought on by a DDOS)
 
-- lots of bugs fixed and new rules added. ;)
+  - RBL timeouts are now handled much more efficiently; if one RBL is taking
+    much longer than all the others, it will be cut short and ignored
 
+  - the RBL engine improves the extraction and selection of IP addresses
+    queried by inferring trust relationships between Received headers; trust
+    can also be manually specified using the new "trusted_networks" option
 
-Bayes FYI: 2.60 has a new Bayes backend and database format.  Your old
-database(s) will automatically be upgraded the first time 2.60 tries
-to write to the DB, and any journal, if it exists, will be wiped out
-without being synced.
+  - a generalised Received-header parser to more easily detect HELO string
+    forgery and faked relay lines
 
-In addition, we have had to drop support for Bayes databases in formats
-other than DB_File, due to a large number of serious issues (including
-crash and concurrency bugs) with those formats.
+  - support for domain-based blacklists and TXT record queries
 
-So, what you want to do is something like this:
+  - dccifd support added
 
-- stop running spamassassin/spamd (ie: you don't want it to be running
-  during the upgrade)
-- run "sa-learn --rebuild", this will sync your journal.
-- upgrade SA to 2.60
-- install DB_File module if necessary
-- if you were using another database module, run "sa-learn --import"
-  to migrate the data into new DB_File files
-- run "sa-learn --rebuild", this will cause the db format to be upgraded
-- start running spamassassin/spamd again
+  - Razor 1 support dropped
 
-Obviously the steps will be different depending on your environment,
-but you get the idea. :)
+Report improvements
 
-Bayes FYI 2: Because of the new database format, "check_bayes_db" will
-no longer function properly.  The functionality from that script was
-added to sa-learn via the "--dump" parameter.  Please see the sa-learn
-man/pod documentation for more info.
+  - to reduce confusion, the default report now includes the hostname of the
+    machine where SpamAssassin is running and the installer also asks for an
+    administrative address or URL
 
+  - more flexible header and report rewriting including a simple template
+    system
 
-Other notes:
+Other changes
 
-- SpamAssassin 2.6x will be the last release supporting perl 5.005,
-  so it's suggested to upgrade to at least perl 5.6.1
+  - workaround for red hat kernel with NPTL reporting "application bug" in
+    spamd due to use of waitpid() when SIGCHLD is set to SIG_IGN
 
-- Razor2 isn't fully taint safe.  So since SpamAssassin 2.60 enables
-  taint mode by default, there's a Razor2.patch file which needs to be
-  applied to Razor2.  Documentation exists in the patch file.
+  - taint mode is now enabled by default (for perl versions 5.6.0 and
+    higher) for extra security
 
-- DB_File is now the only DB/perl library used for Bayes.  We found
-  there were too many problems with supporting all of the other DB
-  libraries out there and standardized on the one that gave us the least
-  number of issues.
+  - Makefile variables were changed to use DESTDIR instead of the various
+    INST_* variables.  Please read the PACKAGING file for more information.
+
+  - Lots of bugs fixed and new rules added. ;)
+
+  - timelog code has been removed



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