Mention IPv6 support in NEWS and FEATURES.

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 NEWS
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-0.2.17 (to be announced) "isotropic threshold"
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+0.3.0 (to be announced) "solar saturation"
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+
+paraslash.0.3.0 -- 'WWDBND --what would databases never do?'.
+
+
+Usually one might expect lots of new features AND a big increase in size
+for a major release like this.
+
+However, this release is smaller than the latest 0.2.x releases. The
+decrease in size is mostly due to the removal of some graphical tools
+(which were only quick hacks anyway). But also the fact that the
+mysql code is gone cuts down the size a bit.
+
+Being independent of mysql comes at a cost: The fact that paraslash
+now contains its own database (the object storage layer, ols) increases
+the (stripped) binary size of para_server by ~50K on i386.
+
+       - no more restrictions on unique basenames.
+       - independent of mysql: The new self-contained object
+         storage layer (osl) replaces the mysql database.
+       - New executable para_fsck: Check integrity of osl tables.
+       - Lyrics support.
+       - Reliable audio file move/rename detection.
+       - More portable than ever: Tested on Linux (x86_32, x86_64, sparc64),
+         MacOS (ppc32, x86_32), FreeBSD (x86_32), NetBSD (x86_32) and
+         Solaris (sparc64).
+       - the new osl-based audio file selector (afs) replaces the random,
+         the playlist and the mysql selector of paraslash-0.2.x.
+       - IPv6 support (thanks to Gerrit Renker).
+       - paraslash-0.2.x streams are now called "moods". Writing
+         0.3.x-mood definitions should be both easier and more
+         powerful than writing 0.2.x-stream definitions.
+       - para_krell, para_slider, para_para_sdl_gui, para_dbadm have
+         been removed. The world is a better place without them. However,
+         para_gui is still there.
+       - afs tracks audio file selection also in playlist mode.
+       - few easy-to-use afs commands replace the many not-so-easy-to-use
+         mysql commands (and are available also in playlist mode).
+       - Improved error subsystem.
+       - The earth-shaking new logo.
+
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+0.2.17 (2007-11-20) "isotropic threshold"
+-----------------------------------------
 
-Only bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
+Mainly bugfixes and cleanups in this version which marks the end of
 the 0.2.x series if no serious bugs show up after the release.
 
        - mysql_selector: fix a locking bug.
+       - universal chunk queueing.
+       - dccp sender uses chunk queueing if write() returns EAGAIN (thanks
+         to Gerrit Renker).
        - be more carful wrt. signed vs. unsigned argument passing.
        - cleanup error.h and fix some references to invalid error
          codes.
-       - update to gengetopt-2.20.
+       - update to gengetopt-2.21.
+       - update to ortp-0.13.1.
        - autoconf: extend checks for headers, library functions and
          compiler characteristics.
+       - Fix streaming of large mp3 files.
+       - Fix an off-by-one bug in playlist handling.
 
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 0.2.16 (2007-04-05) "neural discharge"