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@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-Netatalk 3.0.5
-==============
+Netatalk 3.1-beta1
+===================
 
-The Netatalk development team is proud to announce version 3.0.5 of
-the Netatalk File Sharing suite. This is the latest update to the 3.0
-release series. All users are encouraged to upgrade their systems to 3.0.5.
+The Netatalk development team is proud to announce the first beta release
+of the next Netatalk version 3.1. This release is intended for testing only.
 
 Netatalk is a freely-available Open Source AFP fileserver.
 A *NIX/*BSD system running Netatalk is capable of serving many Macintosh
@@ -17,22 +16,23 @@ The suite contains:
 * cnid_dbd   - the CNID database daemon serving CNIDs for AFP volumes
 * various supporting programs and utilities
 
-Summary of major new features and enhancements in 3.0
+Summary of major new features and enhancements in 3.1
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-* New ini style configuration file afp.conf which replaces all previous
-  configuration files
-* New default AppleDouble backend using filesystem Extended Attributes,
-  conversion from AppleDouble v2 is done automatically on access
-* New service controller process "netatalk" responsible for starting and
-  restarting afpd and cnid_metad as necessary
-* AppleTalk support has been removed
-* Coherent cross-platform locking with Solaris CIFS server
+* AFP Spotlight Support with Gnome Tracker:
+  https://projects.gnome.org/tracker/
+
+Please refer to the online manual for details about compiling Netatalk
+with Spotlight support and how to configure:
+
+http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/htmldocs/installation.html#compiling-netatalk
+
+http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/htmldocs/configuration.html#id2615270
 
 Please make sure to read the upgrading section in the Netatalk online
-manual before trying to upgrade your system to 3.0!
+manual before trying to upgrade your system from version 2:
 
-  http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.0/htmldocs/upgrade.html
+http://netatalk.sourceforge.net/3.1/htmldocs/upgrade.html
 
 License
 ~~~~~~~
@@ -41,7 +41,24 @@ Netatalk is a Free/Open Source Software project and is released under
 the GNU General Public License (GPLv2).  The full license text is available
 at:
 
-  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
+http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
+
+Changes in 3.1-beta1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* REM: Remove support for Tracker versions < 0.7
+* UPD: Add support for additional Spotlight RPC calls
+
+Changes in 3.1-alpha1
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* NEW: AFP Spotlight support with Gnome Tracker
+* NEW: New option "spotlight" (G/V)
+* NEW: Configure option --with-tracker-pkgconfig-version
+* NEW: Configure option --with-tracker-prefix
+* NEW: If Spotlight is enabled, launch our own dbus instance
+* NEW: New option "dbus daemon" (G)
+* UPD: Add configure option --with-afpstats for overriding the
+       result of autodetecting dbus-glib presence
+
 
 Changes in 3.0.5
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~