updated NEWS, release tomorrow

[Andy Wingo]

Hey folks,

I've updated the NEWS as best I could for happenings between 1.9.0 and
1.9.1. They're notable to us, but fortunately many of the changes since
the last release are just changes to 1.9 code that won't be visible to a
1.8 user. Anyway, check the NEWS, or if you're too lazy and everything
goes well, just check your inbox tomorrow.

I should apologize for lack of responsiveness over the last couple
weeks. I started poking at uniform vectors, and that code is the
badness. It's arrays and generalized vectors and uniform vectors and
bitvectors and bytevectors and normal vectors &c &c, and instead of
there being some kind of orthogonal exposition of the types, *all of the
code calls each other*. It's nutty.

Trying to straighten out the mess, the mess pulled me in instead, a big
open parenthesis... I have a branch working more or less, but it won't
be ready for review for another week or so.

Did I mention that the code makes the pun "ra" for "array", apparently
to conserve electrons?

Anyway, distcheck passes, so Ludovic if you don't mind, the repo seems
to be in a releasable state. Let me know if I can help in any other way;
I'll be working but online tomorrow should you need me.

Cheers,

Andy
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