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@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ completions will be "f1" and "f2".
 operators when expanding macros.  It also supports variable-arity
 macros.
 
+* GDB now supports inspecting extra signal information, exported by
+  the new $_siginfo convenience variable.  The feature is currently
+  implemented on linux ARM, i386 and amd64.
+
 * New remote packets
 
 qSearch:memory:
@@ -39,6 +43,10 @@ QStartNoAckMode
 qXfer:osdata:read
   Obtains additional operating system information
 
+qXfer:siginfo:read
+qXfer:siginfo:write
+  Read or write additional signal information.
+
 * Removed remote protocol undocumented extension
 
   An undocumented extension to the remote protocol's `S' stop reply
@@ -96,6 +104,8 @@ are treated as the standard definitions, regardless of context.
   GDB now has support for scripting using Python.  Whether this is
   available is determined at configure time.
 
+  New GDB commands can now be written in Python.
+
 * Ada tasking support
 
   Ada tasks can now be inspected in GDB. The following commands have
@@ -186,12 +196,14 @@ macro undef
   These allow macros to be defined, undefined, and listed
   interactively.
 
+info os processes
+  Show operating system information about processes.
+
 * New native configurations
 
 x86/x86_64 Darwin              i[34567]86-*-darwin*
 
-info os processes
-  Show operating system information about processes.
+x86_64 MinGW                   x86_64-*-mingw*
 
 * New targets