release: update NEWS

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@ -8,9 +8,43 @@ The API is subject to change and not guaranteed to be compatible
with the later release.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE!
* Accept empty values for VPN data items and secrets.
* nmcli: support backslash escape sequences for vpn.data, vpn.secrets,
bond.options, and ethernet.s390-options.
* Add support for virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) interfaces.
* Add support for Opportunistic Wireless Encryption mode (OWE) for WiFi networks.
* Add support for 31-bit prefixes on IPv4 point-to-point links according to
RFC 3021.
* Drop dependencies for libpolkit-agent-1 and libpolkit-gobject-1
* nmcli:
- support setting removal via new command 'nmcli connection modify
$con-name remove $setting'.
- support backslash escape sequences for vpn.data, vpn.secrets,
bond.options, and ethernet.s390-options.
* bridge: new options available:
- bridge.multicast-querier
- bridge.multicast-query-use-ifaddr
- bridge.multicast-router
- bridge.vlan-stats-enabled
- bridge.vlan-protocol
- bridge.group-address
* IPv6 SLAAC: improved the reaction of IPv6 SLAAC to renumbering events:
- honor PIO Valid Lifetimes < 2 hours.
- cap the Preferred Lifetime of PIOs to the "Router Lifetime" value
and the Valid Lifetime of PIOs to 48 * Router Lifetime.
* IPv6 SLAAC: add support for "ipv6.ra-timeout" setting
* IPv6 DHCP: add support for "ipv6.dhcp-timeout" setting
* WWAN: NetworkManager now detects if a PIN-protected SIM card has been
externally unlocked and automatically tries to activate a suitable
connection on the modem.
* OVS:
- add support for changing MTU of OVS interfaces.
- remove length limitation for OVS Bridge, Patches and Interfaces
(only Patch types) names.
* VPN: accept empty values for VPN data items and secrets.
* All nm-devices now expose the 'hw-address' property via D-Bus.
* Slave devices now do not get created/activated if master is missing.
* Fixed multiple issues in the internal DHCP client
* Export NM_CAPABILITY_OVS capability on D-Bus and in libnm to
indicate that the OVS plugin is loaded.
* Various bug fixes and improvements.
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NetworkManager-1.22