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[newlib-cygwin] Add release text for Cygwin 2.6.0


https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=5dc306cf970c3301ec8301ccaff43b45d53e741a

commit 5dc306cf970c3301ec8301ccaff43b45d53e741a
Author: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
Date:   Mon Aug 15 21:26:01 2016 +0200

    Add release text for Cygwin 2.6.0
    
    Move release/2.5.3 to release/2.6.0.
    
    Signed-off-by: Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>

Diff:
---
 winsup/cygwin/release/2.5.3 | 29 -------------------
 winsup/cygwin/release/2.6.0 | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 winsup/doc/new-features.xml | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 118 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/2.5.3 b/winsup/cygwin/release/2.5.3
deleted file mode 100644
index cbe4b06..0000000
--- a/winsup/cygwin/release/2.5.3
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-What's new:
------------
-
-
-What changed:
--------------
-
-- Drop support for very old SUNWNFS filesystem.
-
-- Raise number of supported partitions per disk (for raw access) to 63.
-  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-06/msg00136.html
-
-
-Bug Fixes
----------
-
-- Fix strace timer output in child process.
-  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-07/msg00067.html
-
-- Change blkcnt_t to signed type per POSIX.
-
-- Fix definition of SSIZE_MAX on 32-bit systems.
-  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-07/msg00179.html
-
-- Fix transposing invalid chars in Windows filenames on relative paths.
-  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-07/msg00193.html
-
-- Fix truncl which was using the wrong FPU rounding mode.
-  Addresses: https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=128665
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/2.6.0 b/winsup/cygwin/release/2.6.0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee45d6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/2.6.0
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+What's new:
+-----------
+
+- Support for POSIX-1.2008 locale objects and per-thread locales.
+  New API: newlocale, freelocale, duplocale, uselocale,
+  isalnum_l, isalpha_l, isascii_l, isblank_l, iscntrl_l, isdigit_l, isgraph_l,
+  islower_l, isprint_l, ispunct_l, isspace_l, isupper_l, iswalnum_l,
+  iswalpha_l, iswblank_l, iswcntrl_l, iswctype_l, iswdigit_l, iswgraph_l,
+  iswlower_l, iswprint_l, iswpunct_l, iswspace_l, iswupper_l, iswxdigit_l,
+  isxdigit_l, toascii_l, tolower_l, toupper_l, towctrans_l, towlower_l,
+  towupper_l, wctrans_l, wctype_l, strcasecmp_l, strcoll_l, strfmon_l,
+  strftime_l, strncasecmp_l, strxfrm_l, wcscasecmp_l, wcscoll_l,
+  wcstrncasecmp_l, wcstrxfrm_l, strtod_l, strtof_l, strtol_l, strtold_l,
+  strtoll_l, strtoul_l, strtoull_l, wcstod_l, wcstof_l, wcstol_l, wcstold_l,
+  wcstoll_l, wcstoul_l, wcstoull_l.
+
+
+What changed:
+-------------
+
+- Drop support for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003/2003 R2.
+
+- Drop support for very old SUNWNFS filesystem.
+
+- Further header file improvements in terms of feature test macros.
+
+- Raise number of supported partitions per disk (for raw access) to 63.
+  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-06/msg00136.html
+
+- Add a workaround for filesystems not supporting the FileAllInformation
+  info class.
+  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-07/msg00350.html
+
+- "nobody" account support for WinFSP.
+
+
+Bug Fixes
+---------
+
+- Make sure ldd(1) does not exit prematurely when enumerating DLLs.
+  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-05/msg00185.html
+
+- Fix strace timer output in child process.
+  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-07/msg00067.html
+
+- Change blkcnt_t to signed type per POSIX.
+
+- Fix definition of SSIZE_MAX on 32-bit systems.
+  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-07/msg00179.html
+
+- Fix transposing invalid chars in Windows filenames on relative paths.
+  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-07/msg00193.html
+
+- Don't raise SIGTTIN from select(2)/poll(2).
+  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2016-07/msg00004.html
+
+- Fix truncl which was using the wrong FPU rounding mode.
+  Addresses: https://rt.perl.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=128665
+
+- Fix a regression in ioctl(fd, FIONREAD, ...) introduced in Cygwin 2.5.0.
+  This only affects 64 bit Cygwin.
+  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-07/msg00001.html
+
+- Handle "clear screen" escpae sequence in console window more reliable.
+  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-07/msg00310.html
+
+- Allow kill(pid, <anysig>) on zombies to return successfully, rather than
+  only kill(pid, 0), to align behaviour with POSIX requirements.
+  Addresses: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-08/msg00188.html
+  behaviour.
diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
index 9d428e2..49dd5b3 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
+++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,54 @@
 
 <sect1 id="ov-new"><title>What's new and what changed in Cygwin</title>
 
+<sect2 id="ov-new2.6"><title>What's new and what changed in 2.6</title>
+
+<itemizedlist mark="bullet">
+
+<listitem><para>
+Support for POSIX-1.2008 locale objects and per-thread locales.
+New API: newlocale, freelocale, duplocale, uselocale,
+isalnum_l, isalpha_l, isascii_l, isblank_l, iscntrl_l, isdigit_l, isgraph_l,
+islower_l, isprint_l, ispunct_l, isspace_l, isupper_l, iswalnum_l,
+iswalpha_l, iswblank_l, iswcntrl_l, iswctype_l, iswdigit_l, iswgraph_l,
+iswlower_l, iswprint_l, iswpunct_l, iswspace_l, iswupper_l, iswxdigit_l,
+isxdigit_l, toascii_l, tolower_l, toupper_l, towctrans_l, towlower_l,
+towupper_l, wctrans_l, wctype_l, strcasecmp_l, strcoll_l, strfmon_l,
+strftime_l, strncasecmp_l, strxfrm_l, wcscasecmp_l, wcscoll_l,
+wcstrncasecmp_l, wcstrxfrm_l, strtod_l, strtof_l, strtol_l, strtold_l,
+strtoll_l, strtoul_l, strtoull_l, wcstod_l, wcstof_l, wcstol_l, wcstold_l,
+wcstoll_l, wcstoul_l, wcstoull_l.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
+Drop support for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003/2003 R2.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
+Drop support for very old SUNWNFS filesystem.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
+Raise number of supported partitions per disk (for raw access) to 63.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
+Further header file improvements in terms of feature test macros.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
+Add a workaround for filesystems not supporting the FileAllInformation
+info class.
+</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>
+"nobody" account support for WinFSP.
+</para></listitem>
+
+</itemizedlist>
+
+</sect2>
+
 <sect2 id="ov-new2.5"><title>What's new and what changed in 2.5</title>
 
 <itemizedlist mark="bullet">


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