READMEs brough more up-to-date and NEWS introduced

NEWS

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+XXX content of this file reflects a future release;
+    features described here may or may not be available
+    in the CVS tree
+    
+
+Release notes for SIP Express Router (ser)
+***********************************************
+
+$Id$
+
+***********************************************
+* Changes introduced in 0.8.11
+***********************************************
+
+New features
+=============
+- presence agent [pa module]
+- TCP support [core]
+- loose routing support [rr module]
+- ENUM support [enum module]
+- dynamic domain management -- allows to manipulate 
+  hosting of multiple domains in run-time 
+  [domain module]
+- web accounting -- acc module can report to serweb
+  on placed calls [acc module]
+- improved exec module (header fields passed now
+  as environment variables to scripts) [exec module]
+- improved tm/FIFO (external applications, such as
+  click-to-dial can now better initiate transactions)
+  [tm module]
+
+Changes to use of ser scripts
+=============================
+
+core
+----
+XXX TCP
+
+acc module:
+-----------
+XXX
+
+auth module:
+------------
+XXX is_in_group has been obsoleted by ...
+
+domain module:
+--------------
+XXX
+
+enum module:
+------------
+XXX
+
+exec module:
+------------
+- exec_uri and exec_user have been obsoleted by exec_dset; 
+  exec_dset is identical to exec_uri in capabilities; it 
+  additionaly passes content of request elements (header 
+  fields and URI parts) in environment variables; users of 
+  exec_user can use exec_dset now and use the "URI_USER"  
+  variable to learn user part of URI
+- exec_dset and exec_msg return false, if return value of 
+  script does not euqal zero
+- exec_dset takes an additional parameter, which enables 
+  validation of SIP URIs returned by external application
+  
+pa module:
+----------
+XXX
+
+rr module:
+----------
+XXX
+
+tm module:
+----------
+XXX t_uac/FIFO

README

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ $Id$
 I.   About SIP Express Router (ser)
 II.  Feature List
 III. About iptel.org
-IV.  Contact 
-V.   More Information
+IV.  Obtaining Help
+V.   Contact, Licencing and More Information
 
 
  SIP Express Router (SER) is an industrial-strength, free VoIP 
@@ -59,10 +59,14 @@ authorization and authentication (AAA) services. SER runs on Sun/
 Solaris, PC/Linux, IPAQ/Linux platforms and supports  both IPv4 and 
 IPv6.
 
+Most of SER features are implemented as plug-in modules. See
+README-MODULES for a description of modules available in
+ser distribution.
+
 
 III. About iptel.org
 
-iptel.org is a know-how company spun off from Germany's national 
+iptel.org is a know-how organization spun off from Germany's national 
 research company FhG Fokus. One of the first SIP implementations ever, 
 low-QoS enhancements, interoperability tests and VoIP-capable firewall 
 control concepts are examples of well-known FhG's work.
@@ -72,18 +76,39 @@ The access rate of the company's site, a well-known source of
 technological information, is a best proof of interest. Thousands 
 of hits come every day from the whole Internet.
 
+IV. Obtaining Help
 
-IV. Contact & Licensing
+We offer best-effort free support for ser. "best-effort" means 
+that we try to solve your problems via email as soon as we can, 
+subject to available manpower. If you need commercial support, 
+contact [email protected].
 
-For any additional information, send an inquiry to [email protected]. 
-Licensing conditions other than GPL are available on request. If
-you need a help with ser, send an email to [email protected].
-Report bugs at 
-https://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?func=addbug&group_id=480
+To receive feedback to your inquiries, we recommend you to subscribe 
+to the serusers mailing list and post your queries there. This mailing 
+list is set up for mutual help by the community of ser users and developers. 
+To participate in the mailing list, subscribe at the following web address: 
+         http://mail.iptel.org/mailman/listinfo/serusers.
+Send your questions to 
+         [email protected]. 
+
+If you are concerned about your privacy and do not wish your queries 
+to be posted and archived publicly, you may post to 
+                  [email protected]. 
+E-mails to this address are only forwarded to iptel.org's ser development 
+team. However, as the team is quite busy you should not be surprised to 
+get replies with considerable delay. 
 
-V. More Information
+V. Contact, Licensing and More Information
+
+For any additional information, send an inquiry to [email protected]. 
+Licensing conditions other than GPL are available on request. 
 
 Most up-to-date information is always available at our website,
                  http://www.iptel.org/ser/
-For information on how to install ser, read INSTALL.
-SGML documentation is available in the 'doc' directory.
+
+Particularly, it includes:
+- administrator's guide
+- installation guidelines (INSTALL)
+- download links
+- list of known issues (ISSUES)
+- etc.

README-MODULES

@@ -33,15 +33,31 @@ jabber	experimental beta		SIP2Jabber gateway
 maxfwd	regular		 stable		Max-Forwards check
 (bia)
 
+msilo	experimental beta		Message store
+(dcm)							-tm
+								-mysql
+
 mysql	regular		 stable		supporting MySql interface
 (jja)
 
+pa		experimental alpha		presence agent
+(jja)
+
 pike	experimental alpha		excessive load detection
 (bia)
 
 print	example		 stable		Printing Message to stdout
 (ape)
 
+radius_acc exper.	beta		Reporting to radius server
+(ssi)
+
+radius_auth exper.  beta		Authentication by a radius server
+(ssi)
+
+registrar regular	stable		User Registrar
+(jja)							-mysql, sl
+
 rr		regular		 stable		Record-Routing
 (jja)
 
@@ -52,13 +68,13 @@ snmp	experimental alpha		SNMP Management
 (rba)
 
 sms		regular		 stable		SMS gateway
-(bia)								-tm
+(bia)							-tm
 
 textops regular		 stable		Message Textual Operations
 (ape)
 
 tm		regular		 beta		Transaction Management
-(ape)
+(jku)
 
 usrloc	regular		 stable		User Location
 (jja)								-sl