--- a/RELEASE-NOTES	Thu Jan 29 16:57:49 2004 +0000
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES	Thu Jan 29 17:47:11 2004 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-Tested against octave-2.1.49.  Compiles for 2.1.36 and up.
-Some functions will not work with Octave-2.1.39 or earlier.  
-For versions prior to 2.1.35, use make -k to build whatever 
-can be built ignoring the rest.
+Tested against octave-2.1.53.  Many functions will also work
+on earlier versions of Octave.  Use make -k to build what
+can be built and ignore the rest.
 
 *** WARNING *** if installing in a user directory, octave may crash
 immediately on startup.  Either install into a system directory, or
@@ -12,9 +11,44 @@
 
 See <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/octave/octave-forge/ChangeLog?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain">ChangeLog</a> for details of every change.
 
-CVS ==========================================================================
+2004-01-28 ===================================================================
+
+Extends support forward to octave 2.1.53 for all oct-files.  Backward
+support is not tested.  Improved build environment and better testing.
+We still need more tests!  If you need a function and don't see any
+test cases in it, add some and send them our way.  See 'help test' for
+details.
+
+Changes
+  
+  - rand/randn: generates a different random number sequence from before.
+
+New functions
 
-* no changes yet
+  - anovan: analysis of variance
+  - append_save: add a variable to a save file
+  - assert: now supports structure arrays and cell arrays
+  - BFGSMin: alternative to bfgs minimizer
+  - conv2nan: 2-D convolution which ignores missing data
+  - convhull/convhulln: now allows direct control of qhull parameters
+  - dxfwrite: output plot to DXF format (AutoCAD)
+  - fail: checks if code fails with a given error message
+  - galois: load/save support
+  - gpick: alternative to ginput
+  - imread: now supports 16-bit grayscale
+  - irsa_*: irregularly sampled data analysis functions
+  - map: apply a function across all elements of a cell array
+  - mex: initial support for structures
+  - pngread/pngwrite: direct access to libpng
+  - rand/randn: faster and now supports for nD arrays
+  - sort: fast sort based on python's timsort
+  - sprandn: random sparse matrix filled with normally distributed values
+  - str2double: convert string to double
+  - struct: now creates structure arrays
+  - toggle_grace_use: use grace plotting package rather than gnuplot
+  - xmlwrite: save data to xml format
+
+Plus the usual bug fixes and documentation updates.
 
 2003-06-02 for Octave 2.1.36 and up ==========================================