r21621: This is the final draft of the release notes. Time to start testing tarballs to RTTW

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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt
index e472d4aee56..f28d1d8290e 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW.txt
+++ b/WHATSNEW.txt
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ We would like to ask the Samba community for help in testing
 these changes as we work towards the next significant production
 upgrade Samba 3.0 release.
 
-Major Features included in the 3.0.25 code base include:
+Major features included in the 3.0.25 code base include:
 
-  o Significant improvements in the winbind off-line logon support
+  o Significant improvements in the winbind off-line logon support.
   o Support for secure DDNS updates as part of the 'net ads join' 
-    process
+    process.
   o Rewritten IdMap interface which allows for TTL based caching and 
     per domain backends.
   o New plug-in interface for the "winbind nss info" parameter.
@@ -28,6 +28,46 @@ Major Features included in the 3.0.25 code base include:
   o Man pages for VFS plugins.
 
 
+Off-line Logons and AD Site Support
+===================================
+
+Winbind's capability to support offline logons has been greatly
+improved with the 3.0.25 release including support for locating 
+domain controllers asynchronously using Active Directory Site
+information.
+
+
+New IdMap Interface for Winbindd
+================================
+
+The 3.0.25 release of Samba will include a rewritten IdMap interface
+for winbindd which replaces the "idmap backend" parameter.  The
+initial design document may be found at
+
+	http://www.samba.org/~idra/samba3_newidmap.pdf
+
+The final 3.0.25 release will include full documentation in the
+distributed manpages.
+
+
+Dynamic DNS Updates
+===================
+
+The "net ads join" command is now able to register the host's DNS A
+records with Windows 2000 SP4 and 2003 DNS servers.  This 
+feature must be enabled at compile time using the --with-dnsupdate 
+when running the ./configure script.  There is also a related "net ads 
+dns" command for refreshing a host's records which could be launched
+from a dhcp client script when a new IP address is obtained.
+
+
+Support for Additional ACL Modules
+==================================
+
+Samba's POSIX ACL support has been moved inside of the VFS layer 
+which means it is now possible to support multiple ACL implementations
+on the same server including NFSv3 and GPFS ACLs.
+
 
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