--- a/ChangeLog	Wed Apr 07 13:00:25 2010 +0200
+++ b/ChangeLog	Wed Apr 07 15:17:20 2010 -0400
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-04-07  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* README.ftp, README.devel:
+	Update from Judd Storrs <jstorrs@gmail.com>.
+
 2010-03-27  David Bateman  <dbateman@free.fr>
 
 	* acinclude.m4 (OCTAVE_CHECK_OPENMP): Macro to check for OpenMP support

--- a/README.devel	Wed Apr 07 13:00:25 2010 +0200
+++ b/README.devel	Wed Apr 07 15:17:20 2010 -0400
@@ -1,26 +1,30 @@
-This directory contains development snapshots of Octave.
+This directory contains development releases of Octave.
 
 If you want a stable, well-tested version of Octave, you should be
-looking at ftp://ftp.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave.
+looking at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave.
 
-Development snapshots are provided for people who want to help test,
+Development releases are provided for people who want to help test,
 debug, and improve Octave.  Very little testing is done before making
-the development snapshots and they may even be made when Octave is in
-an inconsistent state.  It is possible that you will encounter a very
-obvious bug, such as failure to compile on *any* machine.  It is
-likely that such bugs will be fixed by the next development snapshot,
+the development releases and they may even be made when Octave is in
+an inconsistent state.  It is possible that you will encounter a
+very obvious bug, such as failure to compile on *any* machine.  It is
+likely that such bugs will be fixed by the next development release,
 so it really isn't necessary to report them unless they persist over
-more than one snapshot.
+more than one release.
 
-Please DO report other bugs in the development snapshots as soon as you
-find them by sending a message to maintainers@octave.org.
+Please DO report other bugs in the development releases as soon as you
+find them by sending a message to octave-maintainers@octave.org (but
+first read the bug reporting guidelines provided at
+http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/bugs.html).
 
 If you have a fix for a bug, or an enhancement to submit, send your
-patch to maintainers@octave.org.  Here are some simple
+patch to octave-maintainers@octave.org.  Here are some simple
 guidelines for submitting patches:
 
-  o Use "context diffs" for patches.  A typical command for
-    generating context diffs is "diff -rc octave-old octave-new".
+  o Use "context diffs" for patches.  A typical command for generating
+    context diffs is "diff -rc octave-old octave-new".  If you are
+    using the Mercurial sources a patch generated with "hg export" is
+    preferred.
 
   o Use the "minimalist approach" for patches.  That is, each patch
     should address only one particular bug, new feature, etc.  Do not
@@ -33,10 +37,9 @@
     existing Octave ChangeLog for examples of what a ChangeLog entry
     should look like.
 
-
-Thanks,
+If you would like to be on the very sharpest part of the bleeding
+edge, you can now use Mercurial to access Octave's current development
+sources.  Instructions for checking out a copy are available on the
+web at http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/download.html.
 
-John W. Eaton
-jwe@octave.org
-
-Last updated: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:33:55 EDT
+Last updated: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:14:50 EDT

--- a/README.ftp	Wed Apr 07 13:00:25 2010 +0200
+++ b/README.ftp	Wed Apr 07 15:17:20 2010 -0400
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 Binary distributions:
 --------------------
 
-Octave binaries are no longer distributed from this site.
+Octave binaries are not distributed from this site.
 
 Packaged versions of Octave for various GNU/Linux systems are available
 with the major GNU/Linux distributions (Debian, Red Hat, SuSE, etc.).
@@ -32,8 +32,4 @@
 gzip and want faster data transmission).  It works on virtually every
 unix system, MSDOS, OS/2, and VMS.
 
-
-John W. Eaton
-jwe@octave.org
-
-Last updated: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:28:00 EDT
+Last updated: Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:15:04 EDT