diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ac64cbcfb7..ca7a313446 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-12-11 22:10  thomasvs
+
+	* lots of build fixes for 0.3.0 release
+
 2001-08-15 23:43  cael
 
 	* gstplay/: ChangeLog, gstmediaplay.c, gstplay.c: Added hacky check
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e69de29bb2..034f4067f2 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+2001-12-12
+	* GStreamer 0.3.0 released, "Most Eventful Ever"
diff --git a/README b/README
index a0c2a20bf7..28b88f7258 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -10,26 +10,15 @@ release the source.
 Developer note:  When building from CVS sources, you will need to run
 autogen.sh to generate the build system files.
 
-Unfortunately, there is a bug in automake which causes it to use a large
-amount of memory when generating plugins/Makefile.in.  The following patch,
-which you may wish to apply to automake (version 1.4), fixes this problem.
-It is also fixed in versions of automake 1.4f and later.
-Alternatively, ensure that you have at least 512Mb of memory on your system,
-and be prepared to wait a little while when running automake (or autogen.sh).
+GStreamer is cutting-edge stuff.  To be a CVS developer, you need 
+cutting-edge tools.
 
-The autogen.sh script will automatically detect an unpatched automake and give
-a warning.  It will also generate a patched version of automake in the top
-build directory, which you can use by putting it in a directory in your $PATH
-ahead of the unpatched version of automake.
+ATM, most of use have at least these versions :
 
-@@ -2383,8 +2383,8 @@
- 	# to all possible directories, and use it.  If DIST_SUBDIRS is
- 	# defined, just use it.
- 	local ($dist_subdir_name);
--	if (&variable_conditions ('SUBDIRS')
--	    || &variable_defined ('DIST_SUBDIRS'))
-+	if (&variable_defined ('DIST_SUBDIRS')
-+	    || &variable_conditions ('SUBDIRS'))
- 	{
- 	    $dist_subdir_name = 'DIST_SUBDIRS';
- 	    if (! &variable_defined ('DIST_SUBDIRS'))
+* autoconf	2.52	(NOT 2.52d)
+* automake	1.5
+* libtool	1.4
+* pkg-config    0.8.0
+
+autogen.sh will check for these versions and complain if you don't have 
+them.	
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 436d370fbd..e109cf190f 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
 - deal with clocking issues
 - use real chaining where possible
 - factory aliases?
-
-* autoconf testing :
-
-- SDL : seems to be ok now, test
-- rtp : weird problem, can't get it to work with AC_CHECK_HEADER(S)
-- arts : rh72 has artsflowh. in /usr/include/kde/arts
-  	 there's no arts-config
-	 so what do we do to find it ?
+- fix plugins :
+wtay : the proper fix is of course to fix the plugins and 
+implement the cleanup in the state change function..
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index dbd780d7c7..5db2e98bc3 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ fi
 version_check "autoconf" "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/autoconf/" 2 52 || DIE=1
 version_check "automake" "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/" 1 5 || DIE=1
 version_check "libtool" "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libtool/" 1 4 0 || DIE=1
-version_check "pkg-config" "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig" 0 7 0 || DIE=1
+version_check "pkg-config" "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig" 0 8 0 || DIE=1
 
 if test "$DIE" -eq 1; then
 	exit 1