NEWS: Update and summarize

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@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ ProteanOS Development Kit version 2.0.0
 
 Released: ????-??-??
 
+This major new release of prokit has been in development since
+2014-10-13.  Major new features include automatic block device mounting;
+new "prokit installer-pc" and "prokit mkinitramfs" commands; downloading
+and storing gzip-compressed package feed index files; verifying package
+feed index file signatures against a validated archive certificate; and
+fetching lists of ProteanOS architectures, platforms, and archive
+mirrors.
+
 Command-line interface:
 
   * "prokit install", "prokit shell", "prokit opkg", and "prokit build"
@@ -31,6 +39,10 @@ System installation changes:
   * A list of ProteanOS package archive mirrors is no longer hardcoded.
     Instead, the list is fetched from the ProteanOS files site as
     needed.
+  * ProteanOS package feed index files are now left compressed.
+  * ProteanOS package feed index file signatures are now verified
+    against the archive certificate, which in turn is validated against
+    the root archive key.
 
 Bug fixes:
 
@@ -47,6 +59,8 @@ Build system and code quality:
   * Git commit information is now shown in "prokit version" output and
     manual pages if built from a Git repository.
   * Various error conditions are now handled more cleanly.
+  * Uses of the non-portable "%s" date format conversion specifier and
+    "expr" command have been replaced.
 
 ProteanOS Development Kit version 1.1.0
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