Add NEWS file for 2.5.10_p1 release

Makefile.am

@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ endif
 # Additional files to be distributed. Always run `make distcheck`
 # to be sure all necessary files are distributed!
 EXTRA_DIST = \
-	README.md Doxyfile License.txt \
+	README.md NEWS.md Doxyfile License.txt \
 	$(TEMPLATE_SOURCES) $(TEMPLATE_HEADER_FILES) typenames \
 	$(MODULE_PYX_FILES) $(MODULE_PXD_FILES) $(MODULE_TEST_FILES)
 

NEWS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+2.5.10_p1
+---------
+* Based on original version v2.5.10 published by Daniel Espinoza et al.
+* Changed to autotools-based build system.
+* Removed external dependency on EGlib.
+* Build library using libtool for portability.
+* Add Cython-based Python module to interface with libqsopt_ex.
+* Fix sprintf calls with missing format string.
+* Add missing header declarations, includes.
+* Clean up headers to make external use easier.
+* Remove some unused functions/macros that caused compiler warnings/errors.
+* Workaround: Writing solution to gz-file was broken; temporarily disabled gzip output.
+* Add README file with build instructions and code examples.
+* Add Travis CI build script.