[Andreas]

> Admins were able to view private journals/private entries. Not anymore in this version!
Correct. Private means Private, so nobody except allowed users should be able to access them - not even admins.

> Which also seems to affect the members in the buddy list.
Hmm ... that should work (does on my tests).
If you can provide a demo that has this problem I can take a look.

> People cant comment on the journal anymore without having to click "discuss" button
This was done to get comments properly attached to entries.
I thought it looks better to have the comments box at the bottom, feel free to move it (just edit the template).

> And in private journals that "discuss" button for comments doesn't work at all.
Should work too.
If you can provide a demo that has this problem I can take a look.