ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170204

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2744 2017/01/29 00:42:37 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2751 2017/02/04 21:42:06 tom Exp $

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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started


@@ -38,13 +38,25 @@ Contributors include those who have provided patches (even small ones), as well
 as those who provide useful information (bug reports, analyses).  Changes with
 no cited author are the work of Thomas E Dickey (TD).
 
 as those who provide useful information (bug reports, analyses).  Changes with
 no cited author are the work of Thomas E Dickey (TD).
 

-A few contributors are given in this file by their initials.
-They each account for one percent or more of the changes since 1.9.9e.
+A few contributors may be cited in this file by their initials.
+Each accounts for half of one percent or more of the changes since 1.9.9e.

 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.
 
 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.
 

+20170204
+       + trim newlines, tabs and escaped newlines from terminfo "paths" passed
+         to db-iterator.
+       + ignore zero-length files in db-iterator; these are useful for
+         instance to suppress "$HOME/.terminfo" when not wanted.
+       + amended "b64:" encoder to work with the terminfo reader.
+       + modify terminfo reader to accept "b64:" format using RFC-3548 in
+         as well as RFC-4648 url/filename-safe format.
+       + modify terminfo reader to accept "hex:" format as generated by
+         "infocmp -0qQ1" (cf: 20150905).
+       + adjust authors comment to reflect drop below 1% for SV.
+

 20170128
        + minor comment-fixes to help automate links to bug-urls -TD
        + add dvtm, dvtm-256color -TD
 20170128
        + minor comment-fixes to help automate links to bug-urls -TD
        + add dvtm, dvtm-256color -TD