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+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,14 +1,31 @@
 NOTE: NO BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY IS GUARANTEED FOR 0.x RELEASES !!
 
-release 0.18 (NOT RELEASED YET):
+release 0.21.0 (NOT RELEASED YET):
+
+ - New features (see documentation):
+     - C object model interface:
+        - functions to add and remove records
+        - functions to update timestamps in records
+     - programs:
+        - gedcom-check (checks standards compliancy of GEDCOM files)
+
+ - Some compatibility with PAF (Personal Ancestral File) is added (thanks
+   Hans Fugal).
+
+release 0.20.0 (30 December 2002):
+
+ - The release numbering scheme is changed to a three-part version number.
+   Patches will just update the last digit.
 
  - The library should now be portable, i.e it should work on any POSIX system.
    On systems lacking glibc, libiconv is needed (see README).
 
- - New features (see documentation):
+ - A lot of new features (see documentation):
      - callback interface:
         - functions to manipulate cross-references (add, delete, link and
           unlink)
+        - functions to manipulate dates (strings to numbers and vice versa,
+          conversion between calendars, ...)
         - support for writing Gedcom files
         - complete concatenated text (e.g. for notes) is now passed in the
           end callback
@@ -17,13 +34,19 @@ release 0.18 (NOT RELEASED YET):
         - support for writing Gedcom files
      - development support:
         - m4 macro that can be used in configure.in
+        - gedcom-config script for linking and compilation flags
+
+ - The library now comes with an extra shared library (libutf8tools),
+   which needs to be linked in in any programs that use the gedcom parser
+   library (you can use the script 'gedcom-config' to generate link and
+   include flags).  You can use utf8tools in totally unrelated programs too.
 
  - INTERFACE CHANGE: the end record callback function now takes an extra
-   argument: a Gedcom_val, which contains in the case of a REC_NOTE the
-   complete concatenated string.
+   argument (similar to the end element callback): a Gedcom_val, which
+   contains in the case of a REC_NOTE the complete concatenated string.
 
- - The return value of gedcom_init() has changed from void to int to be able
-   to return a status, but this should not impact any programs.
+ - INTERFACE CHANGE: the return value of gedcom_init() has changed from
+   void to int to be able to return a status.
 
  - Various bugfixes.