README: Updated for 1.9.17. Andrew no longer listed as primary maintainer.

WHATSNEW.txt: New file - the idea is that it is updated for new releases
and acts as a first point for users who want to see if they should upgrade.
jallison@whistle.com
(This used to be commit 9773d1df2db6131990bbcc678b1bb63bfcb2d02b)

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-This is version 1.9.16 of Samba, the free SMB client and server for unix
+This is version 1.9.17 of Samba, the free SMB client and server for unix

 and other operating systems. Samba is maintained by the Samba Team,
 and other operating systems. Samba is maintained by the Samba Team,

-who support the original author and principal maintainer, Andrew Tridgell.
+who support the original author, Andrew Tridgell.

 
 >>>> Please read THE WHOLE of this file as it gives important information
 >>>> about the configuration and use of Samba.
 
 >>>> Please read THE WHOLE of this file as it gives important information
 >>>> about the configuration and use of Samba.

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+              WHATS NEW IN 1.9.17alpha1 - May 21st 1997.
+              ==========================================
+
+Improved browsing support. 
+--------------------------
+
+Samba now should support propagation of browse lists 
+across subnets correctly. Look in the file docs/BROWSING.txt 
+as it has been largely re-written to explain how to do this.
+
+Thanks to Silicon Graphics for allowing us to test the new 
+code on their corporate network.
+
+Improved share mode handling
+----------------------------
+
+The handling of share modes has been completely rewritten.
+Samba can now run agressive PC Benchmarks (Ziff-Davis
+NetBench) correctly with many hundreds of concurrent PC's.
+The confidence level on share mode handling in Samba
+is now much higher than it was previously. PC database
+packages should be much safer when run against a
+Samba share. Thanks to Silicon Graphics for testing
+this code for us.
+
+If at all possible compile Samba to use the new share
+mode handling with shared memory (set the flags 
+FAST_SHARE_MODES in the Makefile). This will be *much* faster
+than old file-based share modes. FAST_SHARE_MODES have
+been turned on by default on the following platforms in
+the Makefile :
+
+       Linux
+       Solaris
+       BSDI
+       IRIX 5.x.x
+       FreeBSD
+
+Updated smb.conf documentation
+------------------------------
+
+All options are now documented we believe.
+
+Many small bugfixes and improvements
+------------------------------------
+From around the 'net around the world. Many
+thanks to everyone who contributed.
+
+Remember - this is new code so there may be
+bugs or problems.
+
+As always, all bugs are our responsibility - 
+please report them to :
+
+samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au
+
+
+Regards,
+
+       The Samba Team.
+