invariant terse mode

[Matthias Andree]

On Tue, 05 Aug 2003, Matthias Andree wrote:

> I admit having lost track of what the RELEASE.NOTES and NEWS and
> whatever file is good for. We've had a fair deal of notes duplication
> scattered across some files, and I personally stopped changing anything
> except NEWS =:-) If we have pointers to that file in README, NEWS and
> INSTALL, that shall be fine. Suggestion (ready to commit) below,
> comments solicited.

Nevermind, I committed that stuff so we don't forget it. Feel free to
change the wording.