diff --git a/collects/planet/config.ss b/collects/planet/config.ss
index 2fa40dfa84..77d3592e86 100644
--- a/collects/planet/config.ss
+++ b/collects/planet/config.ss
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     (DEFAULT-PACKAGE-LANGUAGE (version))
     
     (USE-HTTP-DOWNLOADS?       #t)
-    (HTTP-DOWNLOAD-SERVLET-URL "http://planet.plt-scheme.org/servlets/planet-servlet.ss"
-                               #;"http://coach.cs.uchicago.edu/servlets/planet/planet-servlet.ss")
+    (HTTP-DOWNLOAD-SERVLET-URL "http://planet.plt-scheme.org/servlets/planet-servlet.ss")
     (PLANET-ARCHIVE-FILTER     #f)))
     
diff --git a/collects/planet/doc.txt b/collects/planet/doc.txt
index e8529ea86f..29d48de99e 100644
--- a/collects/planet/doc.txt
+++ b/collects/planet/doc.txt
@@ -408,6 +408,13 @@ encoded as x-expressions (see the xml collection for details) that
 PLaneT will use as a short description of your project. This field
 is also used by the Help Desk.
 
+The _'release-notes field_
+
+If present, the release-notes field should contain a list of XHTML
+fragments encoded as x-expressions (see the xml collection for 
+details) that PLaneT will use as a short description of what's new
+in this release of your package.
+
 The _'categories field_
 
 If present, the categories field should be a list of symbols 
@@ -499,10 +506,17 @@ package on the main PLaneT web page.
 
 The _'primary-file field_
 
-If present, the primary-file field should be a string corresponding to
-the name (without path) of the main Scheme source file of your
-package. PLaneT will direct casual users of your library to require
-this file.
+If present, the primary-file field should be a either a string
+corresponding to the name (without path) of the main Scheme source
+file of your package, or a list of such strings. The PLaneT web page
+corresponding to this package will present all files listed here as
+interface files for your package; it will give direct links to each
+package and a listing of all names provided by the package along with
+their contracts (if present).
+
+If you include only a single string, it will be used as the require
+line printed on your package's page. If you include a list of strings,
+then the first legal file string in the list will be used.
 
 The _'required-core-version field_
 
@@ -595,17 +609,19 @@ problems.)
 
 4. SUBMIT THE PACKAGE
 
-E-mail the .plt file you built to jacobm+planet@plt-scheme.org If the
-package is an upgrade to a prior package, then tell me so and tell me
-whether or not this package is backwards-compatible with the package
-it's upgrading. Also tell me what PLT Scheme version this package is
-intended for. There's no particular format for this message; the
-system isn't automated yet so I'll just be reading these and
-processing them by hand.
+Go to http://planet.plt-scheme.org/ and click on the link marked
+"contribute a package / log in" in the upper-right-hand corner. If you
+have not yet created an account, then do so on that page by providing
+your name, a user name, an email address, and a password and then
+responding to the confirmation message delivered to the email address
+you provide.
 
-Once I've added your package to the repository, I'll e-mail you
-back and tell you the require-line users will need to type in to get
-it.
+Once you have an account, then if this is a new package then upload it
+using the "Contribute a package" section in your user account page. If
+this is a package update then click "update this package" next to its
+name in the "Manage your packages" section of your user account page,
+then upload the .plt file and indicate on the form whether your update
+is backwards-compatible with the prior version or not.
 
 WARNING: 
 
diff --git a/collects/planet/planet.ss b/collects/planet/planet.ss
index 9b0bd811df..c0f0fe2db3 100644
--- a/collects/planet/planet.ss
+++ b/collects/planet/planet.ss
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ PLANNED FEATURES:
     (command-line
      "planet"
      (current-command-line-arguments)
+     (once-each
+      (("--force")
+       ""
+       "Used in conjunction with --create-package; force a package to be"
+       "created even its info.ss file contains errors."
+       (force-package-building? #t)))
      (once-any
       (("-f" "--file")
        plt-file owner maj min
diff --git a/collects/planet/util.ss b/collects/planet/util.ss
index 23ee5f928f..021c1b4c92 100644
--- a/collects/planet/util.ss
+++ b/collects/planet/util.ss
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
    current-cache-contents
    current-linkage
    make-planet-archive
+   force-package-building?
    get-installed-planet-archives
    get-hard-linked-packages
    remove-pkg
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@
                 [else (error 'regexp->filter "not a regular expression")])])
       (lambda (p) (regexp-match re (path->bytes p)))))
   
+  (define force-package-building? (make-parameter #f))
   
   ;; make-planet-archive: directory [file] -> file
   ;; Makes a .plt archive file suitable for PLaneT whose contents are
@@ -205,7 +207,10 @@
             (λ (bad) (set! warnings (cons bad warnings)))
             (λ (err) (set! critical-errors (cons err critical-errors))))
            
-           (unless (null? critical-errors) (error '|PLaneT packager| "~a Refusing to continue packaging." (car critical-errors)))
+           (unless 
+               (or (null? critical-errors)
+                   (force-package-building?))
+             (error '|PLaneT packager| "~a Refusing to continue packaging." (car critical-errors)))
            
            (pack archive-name
                  "archive" 
@@ -253,9 +258,14 @@
                          ]
                         [blurb 
                          (λ (b) (and (list? b) (andmap xexpr? b)))
-                         (announce "Blurb: ~s\n" blurb)
+                         (announce "Package blurb: ~s\n" blurb)
                          (unless blurb
                            (warn "Package's info.ss does not contain a blurb field. Without a blurb field, the package will have no description on planet.plt-scheme.org."))]
+                        [release-notes 
+                         (λ (b) (and (list? b) (andmap xexpr? b)))
+                         (announce "Release notes: ~s\n" release-notes)
+                         (unless release-notes
+                           (warn "Package's info.ss does not contain a release-notes field. Without a release-notes field, the package will not have any listed release information on planet.plt-scheme.org beyond the contents of the blurb field."))]
                         [categories
                          (λ (s) (and (list? s) (andmap symbol? s)))
                          (cond
@@ -284,10 +294,18 @@
                            [else
                             (fail (format "The value of the package's info.ss homepage field, ~s, does not appear to be a legal URL." homepage))])]
                         [primary-file
-                         string?
+                         (λ (x) (or (string? x) (and (list? x) (andmap string? x))))
                          (begin
-                           (unless (file-in-current-directory? primary-file)
-                             (warn (format "Package's info.ss primary-file field is ~s, a file that does not exist in the package." primary-file)))
+                           (cond
+                             [(string? primary-file) 
+                              (unless (file-in-current-directory? primary-file)
+                                (warn (format "Package's info.ss primary-file field is ~s, a file that does not exist in the package." 
+                                              primary-file)))]
+                             [(pair? primary-file)
+                              (let ([bad-files (filter (λ (f) (not (file-in-current-directory? f))) primary-file)])
+                                (unless (null? bad-files)
+                                  (warn (format "Package's info.ss primary-file field is ~s, which contains non-existant files ~s."
+                                                primary-file bad-files))))])
                            (announce "Primary file: ~a\n" primary-file))
                          (unless primary-file
                            (warn "Package's info.ss does not contain a primary-file field. The package's listing on planet.plt-scheme.org will not have a valid require line for your package."))]