Re: Windows changes not in NEWS

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Mon, 02 May 2011 13:03:17 -0500 Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> wrote: 

TZ> On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:57:19 +0200 Juanma Barranquero <address@hidden> 
wrote: 
JB> These changes
JB> 2011-04-24  Teodor Zlatanov  <address@hidden>

JB> * configure.bat: New options --without-gnutls and --lib, new build
JB> variable USER_LIBS, automatically detect GnuTLS.  Copies the PNG
JB> library setup with trivial modifications. [...]
TZ> ...
JB> should be documented in the "* Changes in Emacs 24.1 on non-free
JB> operating systems" section of etc/NEWS.

TZ> I will write that plus the general GnuTLS NEWS.

Hm, I'm getting Bazaar lock errors so I'll just post my NEWS patch
here.  Please review and commit if you think it's OK.

Ted

=== modified file 'etc/ChangeLog'
--- etc/ChangeLog       2011-05-02 22:53:34 +0000
+++ etc/ChangeLog       2011-05-03 00:45:58 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2011-05-03  Teodor Zlatanov  <address@hidden>
+
+       * NEWS: Mention new library gnutls.el and explain GnuTLS
+       functionality.  Mention new configure.bat options --without-gnutls
+       and --lib for W32.
+
 2011-05-02  Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen  <address@hidden>
 
        * NEWS: Mention `url-retrieve-queue', (:file "file") and

=== modified file 'etc/NEWS'
--- etc/NEWS    2011-05-02 22:53:34 +0000
+++ etc/NEWS    2011-05-03 00:43:31 +0000
@@ -903,7 +903,21 @@
 
 FIXME: These should be front-ended by xml.el.
 
-** FIXME GnuTLS
+** GnuTLS
+
+*** Emacs can be compiled with libgnutls support
+This is the default.  You will then be able to use the functionality
+in gnutls.el, namely the `open-gnutls-stream' and `gnutls-negotiate'
+functions.  It's easiest to use these functions through
+`open-network-stream' because it can upgrade connections through
+STARTTLS opportunistically or use plain SSL, depending on your needs.
+
+Only versions 2.8.x and higher or GnuTLS have been tested.
+
+*** gnutls-log-level
+Set `gnutls-log-level' higher than 0 to get debug output.  1 is for
+important messages, 2 is for debug data, and higher numbers are as per
+the GnuTLS logging conventions.  The output is in *Messages*.
 
 ** Isearch
 
@@ -931,6 +945,12 @@
 ** New configure.bat option --distfiles to specify files to be
 included in binary distribution.
 
+** New configure.bat option --without-gnutls to disable automatic
+GnuTLS detection.
+
+** New configure.bat option --lib for general library linkage, works
+with the USER_LIBS build variable.
+
 ** New make target `dist' to create binary distribution for MS Windows.