[Gmp-commit] /var/hg/gmp: Merge 5.1.2 section. Make initial 5.2.0 section.

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details:   /var/hg/gmp/rev/024e4267f689
changeset: 15828:024e4267f689
user:      Torbjorn Granlund <tege at gmplib.org>
date:      Mon Jun 10 15:29:26 2013 +0200
description:
Merge 5.1.2 section.  Make initial 5.2.0 section.

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diff -r ac164620fbce -r 024e4267f689 NEWS
--- a/NEWS	Sun Jun 09 01:48:20 2013 +0200
+++ b/NEWS	Mon Jun 10 15:29:26 2013 +0200
@@ -5,6 +5,49 @@
 medium, provided this notice is preserved.
 
 
+Changes between GMP version 5.1.* and 5.2.0
+
+  BUGS FIXED
+
+  SPEEDUPS
+  * Plain division if large operands is faster and more monotonous in operand
+    size.
+
+  * Major speedup for ARM, in particular ARM Cortex-A15, thanks to improved
+    assembly.
+
+  * Major speedup for SPARC T4/T5 and speedup also for T3.
+
+  FEATURES
+  * Support for new Intel and AMD CPUs.
+
+  * Support for ARM64 alias Aarch64.
+
+  MISC
+
+
+Changes between GMP version 5.1.1 and 5.1.2
+
+  BUGS FIXED
+  * A bug in mpz_powm_ui triggered by base arguments of at least 15000 decimal
+    digits or mod arguments of at least 7500 decimal digits has been fixed.
+
+  * A AMD Bulldozer specific bug affecting the 64-bit Windows ABI has been
+    fixed.  This bug was in a key function (mpn_mul_1) and made both Bulldozer
+    specific builds and fat builds run on Bulldozer completely non-functional.
+
+  SPEEDUPS
+  * None.
+
+  FEATURES
+  * None.
+
+  MISC
+  * Fixes and generalisations to the test suite.
+
+  * Minor portability enhancements.
+
+
 Changes between GMP version 5.1.0 and 5.1.1
 
   BUGS FIXED