This release contains a number of enhancements as well as numerous bug fixes. All users of previous versions of XRN are encouraged to update to this version. Below, you will find a list of enhancements, functionality changes and bug fixes in this release, extracted from the ChangeLog file in the source distribution. See the man page for more information. Such cross-posting is an anachronism which is no longer necessary.
Messages containing forwarded articles no longer mention the article number in their Subject lines.
The article number is only relevant for the News server from which the user read it, and more often than not articles will be forwarded to people who use other News servers, so there's no point in mentioning the article number.