Moved the MIGRATION text in with the rest of the docco, fixed up for 0.4.2

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@@ -1,22 +1,31 @@
-            Roundup 0.3.0pre3 - an issue tracking system
-
-                        **PREVIEW RELEASE**
-
-This release contains several new features which will require migration, so
-we're releasing this preview for the bleeding-edge users.
-
-**NOTE** existing users _must_ read the MIGRATION.txt that accompanies the
-source.
-
-This release contains a bunch of changes and bug fixes. See the CHANGES
-file for details.
+====================================================
+SC-Track Roundup 0.4.2pr1 - an issue tracking system
+====================================================
+
+NOTE: This is the first (and hopefully only) pre-release of 0.4.2. If you
+have an existing roundup installation and wish to test it, make a backup
+of your database. Make sure you read the upgrading.txt document!
+
+Roundup requires python 2.1.1 for correct operation. Support for dumbdbm
+requires python 2.1.2 or 2.2. 2.1.3 and 2.2.1 are recommended.
+
+Big stuff in this release:
+
+- online demo at http://mechanicalcat.net/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi
+- fast full-text searching of messages
+- other speedups
+- bsddb3 backend is re-enabled
+- instance initialisation is a two-step process now, making mods easier
+- optionally auto-add the author and recipients of messages to the nosy
+- enhancements to make multilink editing through the web and email easier
+- cleaner use of auditors and reactors in the default schemas
+- demo scripts supplied in the scripts/ and detectors/ directories
+- Much, much more: see the CHANGES file for details
 
 Source and documentation is available at the website:
      http://roundup.sourceforge.net/
-
 Release Info (via download page):
-     http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=31577
-
+     http://sourceforge.net/projects/roundup
 Mailing lists - the place to ask questions:
      http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=31577
 
@@ -33,10 +42,12 @@ Note: Ping is not responsible for this project. The contact for this project
 is richard@users.sourceforge.net.
 
 Roundup manages a number of issues (with flexible properties such as 
-"description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to
- (a) submit new issues,
- (b) find and edit existing issues, and
- (c) discuss issues with other participants.
+"description", "priority", and so on) and provides the ability to:
+
+(a) submit new issues,
+(b) find and edit existing issues, and
+(c) discuss issues with other participants.
+
 The system will facilitate communication among the participants by managing
 discussions and notifying interested parties when issues are edited. One of
 the major design goals for Roundup that it be simple to get going. Roundup