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Major Changes
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Database File Version Change
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   (the following version-migration text will move in a future version.
It is in this section currently because new users will likely not
experience it)

   There has been a version change in the BBDB database file.  The new
version supports non-US zip codes, and an additional "Country" field in
addresses.

   An automatic version-migration mechanism has been implemented that
allows older version `.bbdb' files to either be migrated to the new
version, or used as-is without migrating.  When the BBDB detects a
database file with an old version, it will display the features that
have been introduced in the database file from the time of the older
version's implementation.  It will offer the choice of migration or use
of the BBDB with the older-version file.

   If migration is chosen, the database file will be automatically
changed to the new format.  If migration is declined, the file will
kept in the older format in the `.bbdb' buffer, but will be stored
internally in the new format.  When changes need to be made to the
`.bbdb' buffer, changed records will be reverse-migrated from their
internal version to that of the disk file.