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 RRDTOOL NEWS
 ============
+Major Changes between 1.0.x and 1.2.x
 
+Graphing
+--------
 
-In this file I am noting the Major changes to rrdtool
-for details check the cvs ChangeLog
+Logging
+-------
+* In addition to the PNG format, rrdtool
+  can produce output in SVN, EPS and PDF format.
+
+Behind the Scenes
+-----------------
+* In order to support Holt-Winters and Calculated Datasources,
+  the rrdtool dataformat has changed. While the new version of rrdtool can
+  read files created with rrdtool 1.0.x. It is not possible to read files
+  created by rrdtool-1.2.x with rrdtool-1.0.x
+
+* External libraries are not included with rrdtool anymore. This is in line
+  with todays trend of using shared libraries everywhere. With the exception
+  of the cgi library most things required by rrdtool will be found on every recent
+  system.
+
+
+  Configure and Makefiles and accordingly.
 
 2002/03/26 Peter Speck <speck@ruc.dk>
   Contribution of an svg output routine for the new gfx graphing part
@@ -22,7 +42,7 @@ for details check the cvs ChangeLog
   * Updated zlib and libpng
   * rrd_gfx.c intrduced as libart wrapper
   * LINE takes now a float as argument
-  * rrdtool uses truetype for fonts
+  * RRDtool uses truetype for fonts
   * thanks to libart there is now full alpha transparenc
     and antialiasing.
   * the new option --font lets customize the font
@@ -58,7 +78,7 @@ for details check the cvs ChangeLog
 2001/03/02 Tobias Oetiker <oetiker@ee.ethz.ch>
   Added Aberrant Patch from Jake Brutlag <jakeb@microsoft.com>
   From now one, new rrd files use version tag 0002. They can
-  NOT be read by the old 1.0.x rrdtools. 
+  NOT be read by the old 1.0.x RRDtools. 
  
   Jake:
   Aberrant Behavior Detection support. A brief overview added to