ncurses 5.6 - patch 20071020

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1172 2007/10/06 21:32:14 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1180 2007/10/20 20:55:26 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -45,6 +45,27 @@ 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.
 
+20071020
+       + continue implementing support for threading demo by adding mutex
+         for use_window().
+       + add mrxvt terminfo entry, add/fix xterm building blocks for modified
+         cursor keys -TD
+       + compile with FreeBSD "contemporary" TTY interface (patch by
+         Rong-En Fan).
+
+20071013
+       + modify makefile rules to allow clear, tput and tset to be built
+         without libtic.  The other programs (infocmp, tic and toe) rely on
+         that library.
+       + add/modify null-pointer checks in several functions for SP and/or
+         the WINDOW* parameter (report by Thorben Krueger).
+       + fixes for field_buffer() in formw library (see Redhat Bugzilla
+         #310071, patches by Miroslav Lichvar).
+       + improve performance of NCURSES_CHAR_EQ code (patch by Miroslav
+         Lichvar).
+       + update/improve mlterm and rxvt terminfo entries, e.g., for
+         the modified cursor- and keypad-keys -TD
+
 20071006
        + add code to curses.priv.h ifdef'd with NCURSES_CHAR_EQ, which
          changes the CharEq() macro to an inline function to allow comparing