From 97f2237efa7e2cf269f925fe009a338eabcbc7f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carlos O'Donell Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:56:24 -0400 Subject: Update NEWS with ISO 14651 update information. --- NEWS | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c946ba2946..d809f9393d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -9,6 +9,18 @@ Version 2.28 Major new features: +* The localization data for ISO 14651 is updated to match the 2016 + Edition 4 release of the standard, this matches data provided by + Unicode 9.0.0. This update introduces significant improvements to the + collation of Unicode characters. This release deviates slightly from + the standard in that the collation element ordering for lowercase and + uppercase LATIN script characters is adjusted to ensure that regular + expressions with ranges like [a-z] and [A-Z] don't interleave e.g. A + is not matched by [a-z]. With the update many locales have been + updated to take advantage of the new collation information. The new + collation information has increased the size of the compiled locale + archive or binary locales. + * The GNU C Library can now be compiled with support for Intel CET, AKA Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology. When the library is built with --enable-cet, the resulting glibc is protected with indirect -- cgit v1.2.3