ncurses 6.4 - patch 20230408

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3923 2023/04/01 23:29:48 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -46,6 +46,19 @@ See the AUTHORS file for the corresponding full names.
 Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
 it is not possible to add this information.
 
+20230408
+       + document limitations of tparm, and error-returns in curs_terminfo.3x
+       + document limitations of tgoto, and error-returns in curs_termcap.3x
+       + add xterm+focus to alacritty+common (patch by Christian Duerr).
+       + add "-v" option to tput, to show warnings.
+       > improve checks for malformed terminfo data (report/analysis by
+         Jonathan Bar Or, Michael Pearse, Emanuele Cozzi).
+         + make the parameter type/count checks in _nc_tiparm() more stringent
+         + update tgoto() to account for _nc_tiparm() changes
+         + add checks in tparm() and tiparm() for misuse of string parameters
+         + add special cases in tput to handle extensions Cs/Ms parameters
+         + ignore compiled-terminfo where the array sizes exceed the standard
+
 20230401
        + modify experimental Windows driver to work with xterm mouse protocol.
        + remove DECCOLM+DECSCLM from foot (patch by Daniel Ekloef).