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+Versions numbered between 1.5.0 and 1.9.9 are interim releases.  No major
+features are planned for these; only tweaks and fixes.
+
+Version 2.0 is much cooler, but I haven't had time to work on it.  If
+you send me email, I _will_ read it, but it may take me awhile to get to it,
+and I may not answer.  Please don't be offended.  I really regret having
+to release code that is such a mess.  I should have wrote the code from
+scratch, rather than built it upon the original BSD code (which is a mess
+itself!).
+
+I apologize in advance for bugs I fixed in 2.0 but forgot to re-fix
+in these interim releases (I think I got'em all, though).
+
+Here is a list of things that are in the 2.0 code but not this version:
+
+* Easy-to-read, better organized, commented code.
+* Using my own "style guide," so source is coded uniformly.
+* Unlimited global macros.  These are really nice!  They take arguments,
+  so you can make mini-scripts.  The macros can be typed as if they
+  were commands; no more $macroname crap.
+* No-longer using .netrc and it's format.  This was necessary for the
+  global macros anyway, and it allowed me to add some other features,
+  like host aliases.  Old .netrc's won't work.  Sorry!
+* Improved command line parser, that lets any command use > and |, so
+  it behaves like a real shell command line (almost).
+* Improved 'redir' that works automatically, can reformat listings with
+  different ls flags, all without refetching it over the network.  It
+  will also facilitate remote globbing... AND remote filename completion!
+* Many little things I can't begin to list.
+
+Keep that in mind if you want to make a feature enhancement.  I'm telling
+you this now so you don't spend your time programming something that is
+already done for the 2.0 release.  Also note that patches would
+have to be re-coded for 2.0.  (The gist is that you should wait until
+2.0 is done before doing anything major).