--- a/ChangeLog	Thu Jan 25 11:00:03 2001 +0000
+++ b/ChangeLog	Thu Jan 25 13:38:31 2001 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+Thu Jan 25 2001 Jim Hague <jim.hague@acm.org>
+
+ * src/client.c,src/protocol.c,src/util.h,src/util.c: Common up
+   repeated signal handler setting code into Utl_installSignalHandler.
+ * src/client.c: Ensure Client_retrieveArt always exits with the global
+   lock held. Previously it would be held on error, not held if OK.
+ * src/lock.h,src/lock.c,src/noffle.c: Add lazy lock release. Only release
+   the lock and close the databases if (a) another process signals us
+   SIGUSR1 indicating it wants the lock, or (b) it is explicitly requested by
+   a call to new function Lock_syncDatabases(). When waiting for the lock,
+   SIGUSR1 the holding process every second. This is all an attempt to
+   minimise the number of times we need to close and open the database.
+   When (ha!) the database is replaced by something that can handle
+   multiple simultaneous writers (with appropriate locking) this won't
+   be necessary.
+
 Fri Dec 29 2000 Markus Enzenberger <markus.enzenberger@t-online.de>
 
  * src/server.c: apply bug-fix for lazy group loading by Matija Nalis 
@@ -30,7 +46,7 @@
    packages/redhat/noffle.spec,src/configfile.h,src/configfile.c,
    src/noffle.c,src/post.h,src/post.c: Removed use of getopt_long,
    and added inews mode - the Noffle executable behaves
-   as inews is invoked as inews. This includes adding From: and
+   as inews if invoked as inews. This includes adding From: and
    Organization: headers if necessary - add configs to override
    defaults for the From: domain and specify the organization.
    For all my fellow trn-heads out there, and users of any other