doc updates, add NEWS item

debian/NEWS

@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+ikiwiki (2.30) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  Ever feel that ikiwiki's handling of RecentChanges wasn't truely in the
+  spirit of a wiki compiler? Well, that's changed. The RecentChanges page is
+  now a static page, not a CGI. Users can subscribe to its rss/atom feeds.
+  Custom RecentChanges pages can be easily set up that display only changes
+  to a subset of pages, or only changes by a subset of users.
+
+  With this excellent new RecentChanges support, the mail notification system
+  is showing its age (and known to be variously buggy and underimplemented for
+  various VCSes), and so ikiwiki's support for sending commit mails is REMOVED
+  from this version. If you were subscribed to commit mails, you should be
+  able to accomplish the same thing by subscribing to a RecentChanges feed.
+
+ -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:18:31 -0500
+
 ikiwiki (2.20) unstable; urgency=low
 
   The template plugin has begin to htmlize the variables passed to templates.

doc/todo/Commit_emails:_ones_own_changes.mdwn

@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@ What's the rationale behind excluding ones own changes from the commit emails se
 > Well, commit mails are intended to keep you informed of changes in the
 > wiki, and I assumed you'd know about changes you made yourself.
 > --[[Joey]]
+
+> [[done]] -- commit mails removed; recentchanges feeds can be configured
+> for whatever you like.

doc/todo/passwordauth:_sendmail_interface.mdwn

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ Remaining TODOs:
     just for this bit of functionality?
   * Debian news file.
   * ikiwiki news file.
-  * Are commit emails still working?
 
 --[[tschwinge]]