prepare notes for 0.7.8 release

[musl] / WHATSNEW

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@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ prototypes for nonstandard and obsolete functions
 
 
 
-next release - more bug fixes
+0.7.7 - more bug fixes and program-compatibility improvements
 
 fixed floating point formatting and rounding bugs in printf.
 
@@ -143,3 +143,32 @@ crashes scanning tiny strings at the end of a page when the next page
 is not readable, or on archs (not yet supported) that forbid
 misaligned reads.
 
+fixed breakage of statvfs on x86_64
+
+fixed crash in getmntent_r
+
+fixed bug in POSIX timers created with NULL sigevent argument
+
+improved semaphore performance, and sem_wait is now interruptable by
+signals, as required by POSIX.
+
+added many compatibility and system-level interfaces, increasing the
+proportion of busybox that works with musl.
+
+
+
+0.7.8 (pending release) - more bug fixes
+
+fixed problems with ipv6 dns and address printing code that made ipv6
+support practically unusable, and some other getaddrinfo bugs.
+
+fixed broken sendmsg/recvmsg functions on x86_64 (caused by incorrect
+msghdr structure).
+
+fixed broken sigsetjmp asm on x86_64.
+
+worked around a problem with input buffering on terminals reblocking
+after getting a blank line, due to a bug in the linux readv syscall.
+
+various improvements to the "rsyscall" system used to implement
+threaded setuid, setgid, etc.