diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f69ac96e9d..d309cf6c90 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ endif
 # if DEBUG is enabled, then we do not strip
 ifeq ($(strip $(DEBUG)),true)
 	CFLAGS  += -DDEBUG
-	STRIPCMD = /bin/true unstripped binary
+	STRIPCMD =
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(strip $(USE_GCOV)),true)
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ all: $(KLCC) $(PROGRAMS) $(MAN_PAGES)
 # "Static Pattern Rule" to build all programs
 $(PROGRAMS): %: $(HOST_PROGS) $(KLCC) $(HEADERS) $(GEN_HEADERS) $(LIBSYSFS) $(LIBUDEV) %.o
 	$(QUIET) $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $@.o -o $@ $(LIBUDEV) $(LIBSYSFS) $(LIB_OBJS)
+ifneq ($(strip $(STRIPCMD)),)
 	$(QUIET) $(STRIPCMD) $@
+endif
 
 # our own copy of klibc, it is not used if KLCC is given
 $(KLCC):
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 815d4083c5..39e72d474d 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+udev 072
+========
+The rule parsing happens now in the daemon once at startup, all udev
+event processes inherit the already parsed rules from the daemon.
+It is shipped with SUSE10.0 and reduces heavily the system load at
+startup.
+
+using 'make STRIPCMD=' will leave the binaries unstripped for debugging
+and packaging.
+
+A few improvements for vol_id, the filesytem probing code.
+
 udev 071
 ========
 Fix a stupid typo in extras/run_directory for "make install".