diff --git a/doc/TODO.txt b/doc/TODO.txt
index ae547f26aedae0cbe1fb6a0c2838a180bbda3c15..778e1106bb1a6e5e5acd158da6e9ab2f40c3ccb9 100644
--- a/doc/TODO.txt
+++ b/doc/TODO.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$Id: TODO.txt,v 1.2 2008-07-27 02:54:09 geuzaine Exp $
+$Id: TODO.txt,v 1.3 2008-08-02 13:53:28 geuzaine Exp $
 
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@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@ dialog and refuse to continue until a model is given...
 
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-Decide what to do with global parser variables. Should we clear them
-when we open a new file? +: fixes annoying persistance when changing
-.geo files and reloading them; -: cannot use -string "aa=1;" to change
-global vars from command line.
-
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-
 Add a global "transparency slider" for the mesh; if value != 1, fill a
 global triangle vertex array in GModel instead of in each separate
 entity, and sort like in post-processing.
@@ -75,12 +68,6 @@ add support for Patran mesh files
 
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-Bug: need to better understand how Netgen deals with characteristic
-lengths: a larger geometry (with appropriately scaled lcs) leads to a
-larger mesh
-
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-
 interface GModel in surface creation in the parser
 
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@@ -219,4 +206,3 @@ rewrite ColorTable as a C++ class
 create "Volume visualization" range type? (interpolate on regular grid
 + create cut planes // to viewpoint with transparency; can be done in
 a straightforward way or using 3D textures)
-
diff --git a/doc/VERSIONS.txt b/doc/VERSIONS.txt
index 76ce93f2b03d8a16029d4368ba9cc920da5bb23d..393201ec1e45ed7a39b845594c1782a77ebc7c6c 100644
--- a/doc/VERSIONS.txt
+++ b/doc/VERSIONS.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-$Id: VERSIONS.txt,v 1.3 2008-07-25 15:22:52 geuzaine Exp $
+$Id: VERSIONS.txt,v 1.4 2008-08-02 13:54:45 geuzaine Exp $
 
-2.2.4 (): variables can now be deleted in geo files; small bug fixes.
+2.2.4 (): integrated Metis and Chaco mesh partitioners; variables can
+now be deleted in geo files; small bug fixes.
 
 2.2.3 (Jul 14, 2008): enhanced clipping interface; API cleanup; fixed
 various bugs (Plugin(Integrate), high order meshes, surface info