diff -rupN vim73.orig/runtime/filetype.vim vim73/runtime/filetype.vim
--- vim73.orig/runtime/filetype.vim	2010-08-03 22:44:00.000000000 +0200
+++ vim73/runtime/filetype.vim	2010-11-21 06:22:56.650975029 +0100
@@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ au BufNewFile,BufRead *.css			setf css
 " Century Term Command Scripts (*.cmd too)
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.con			setf cterm
 
+" SuSE .changes file
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.changes			setf changes
+
 " Changelog
 au BufNewFile,BufRead changelog.Debian,changelog.dch,NEWS.Debian,NEWS.dch
 					\	setf debchangelog
diff -rupN vim73.orig/runtime/syntax/changes.vim vim73/runtime/syntax/changes.vim
--- vim73.orig/runtime/syntax/changes.vim	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ vim73/runtime/syntax/changes.vim	2010-11-21 06:22:56.649094929 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+" Vim syntax file
+" Filename:     changes.vim
+" Language:     SuSE package changes
+" Maintainer:   Michal Svec <msvec@suse.cz>
+" Last change:  20.8.2003
+
+if version < 600
+  syntax clear
+elseif exists("b:current_syntax")
+  finish
+endif
+
+" Keywords
+syn keyword ChangesArch i386 i486 i586 i686 athlon ia64 xa86_64
+syn keyword ChangesArch I386 I486 I586 I686 ATHLON IA64 XA86_64
+syn keyword ChangesArch ppc axp mips armv4l s390 s390x S/390 s/390
+syn keyword ChangesArch PPC AXP MIPS ARMV4L S390 S390x S390X
+syn keyword sparc sparc64 Sparc Sparc64 SPARC SPARC64 noarch NOARCH
+
+" Highlights
+syn match ChangesDate "^[A-Z][a-z][a-z] [A-Z][a-z][a-z] [ 0-9][0-9] [0-9:]\{8\} [A-Z]\+ [0-9]\+"
+syn match ChangesDate "^[A-Z][a-z][a-z] [A-Z][a-z][a-z] [ 0-9][0-9] [0-9:]\{8\} [0-9]\+"
+syn match ChangesMail " - \<[[:alnum:\.]\+@[[:alnum:]\.]\+\>$"
+syn match ChangesMailText "\<[[:alnum:]\.]\+@[[:alnum:]\.]\+\>"
+syn match ChangesSeparator "^-\{40,78\}$"
+syn match ChangesBug "#[0-9]\+\>"
+
+" Colors
+hi ChangesArch ctermfg=blue ctermbg=NONE
+hi ChangesDate ctermfg=darkgreen ctermbg=NONE
+hi ChangesMail ctermfg=darkred ctermbg=NONE
+hi ChangesMailText ctermfg=darkred ctermbg=NONE
+hi ChangesSeparator ctermfg=darkgreen ctermbg=NONE
+hi ChangesBug ctermfg=red ctermbg=NONE
+
+" Syntax name
+let b:current_syntax = "changes"