(This file public domain.  Originally written by Norbert Preining and
Karl Berry, 2010.)

<p><b>tlmgr revision NEXT (released DDmon10):</b><br>
<li>actually make usage of persistent connections in tlmgr possible

<p><b>tlmgr revision 20243 (released 1nov10):</b><br>
<li>try (again) not to load the remote tlpdb if tlmgr update is called
    without arguments.
<li>fix bugs in autobackup/backupdir handling; unify error messages;
    on clean, also remove package backups for packages no longer present
    in tlpdb.
<li>support keyword searching as provided by the beta CTAN characterizations
    at <a href="http://az.ctan.org/">http://az.ctan.org/</a> (no Internet
    access needed for the search, though).  tlmgr documentation 
    has details. Support is also present in tlmgrgui.

<p><b>tlmgr revision 19923 (released 28sep10):</b><br>
<li>undo change for not loading remote db, needs more work.

<p><b>tlmgr revision 19896 (released 27sep10):</b><br>
<li>add <tt>-R</tt> to the <tt>LESS</tt> environment variable, and unset
    LESSOPEN and LESSPIPE, before calling pod2usage.
<li>don't load the remote db if tlmgr update is called without arguments.

<p><b>tlmgr revision 19414 (TeX Live 2010 release version):</b><br>

<li>implement download selection mode in the file
    <tt>TEXMFCONFIG/tlmgr/config</tt>,
    option <tt>persistent-downloads</tt>, with value 0 or 1.
<li>remove support for old GUI (<tt>tlmgr gui-old</tt>).

tlmgr rev 17811 (2010-04-25)

  * tlmgr restore --all: restoring the latest, using all available backups.
  * GUI: add support for restore action.
  * do not auto-install packages contained in forcibly removed collections.
  * GUI: add support for the three command line options: --no-auto-install,
    --no-auto-remove (under Menu->Options), and --reinstall-forcibly-removed
    (just below the "Update all installed" button).
  * GUI: provide access to the manual (tlmgr help) in the Help menu
  * GUI: provide simple and expert modes (Options->Expert options)

tlmgr rev 17611 (2010-03-30)

  * Support automatic installation of new collections (when they are 
    included in the selected scheme). 

tlmgr rev 17455 (2010-03-19)

  * persistent HTTP connections enabled by default 
    (use --no-persistent-downloads to turn off)
  * package update algorithm changed to avoid incorrect
    "forcibly removed" inferences. Should be invisible.
  * report of the number of pending updates in tlmgr gui. 
