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 Changes in release 0.6
 
+* The DES3 GSS-API mechanism has been changed to inter-operate with
+  other GSSAPI implementations. See man page for gssapi(3) how to turn
+  on compatibility, this will be default in next major release.
+
 * More complete GSS-API support
 
 * Better AFS support: kdc (524) supports 2b; 524 in kdc and AFS
   support in applications no longer requires Kerberos 4 libs
 
-* The DES3 GSS-API mechanism has been changed to inter-operate with
-  other GSSAPI implementations, this however break backward
-  compatibility with earlier Heimdal releases (see man page GSS-API
-  how to turn on backward compatibility)
-
 * Kerberos 4 support in kdc defaults to turned off (includes ka and 524)
 
 * other bug fixes