Documentation updates for 0.4.

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 NEWS
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+0.4.0 (to be announced) "simultaneous independence"
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+
+Two significant changes which require the new version number: The
+improved authentication dialog and the fact that the database code
+has been moved to a library, libosl. To use the new version, you have
+to generate new RSA keys, see INSTALL for details. A shell script is
+provided for conversion of the 0.3 database to the new 0.4 format.
+
+       - stronger crypto for client authentication
+       - the database code has been moved to a library
+       - improved status item handling
+       - the new parser-friendly listing mode for the ls and stat commands
+       - mandatory rc4 encryption
+       - major audio format handler cleanups
+       - improved tag handling
+
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 0.3.5 (to be announced) "symplectic separability"
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        - the new oss writer (supported on *BSD and Linux)
+       - support for netmask subsets (Gerrit Renker)
        - the new prebuffer filter
        - improved signal handling
        - variable fec output buffer size