* NEWS: Mention symbol-reloading has been deleted.

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@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 7.4
 
+* The option "symbol-reloading" has been deleted as it is no longer used.
+
 * Python scripting
 
+  ** GDB commands implemented in Python can now be put in command class
+     "gdb.COMMAND_USER".
+
   ** The "maint set python print-stack on|off" is now deleted.
 
   ** A new class, gdb.printing.FlagEnumerationPrinter, can be used to
@@ -44,6 +49,19 @@
 * The command "info catch" has been removed.  It has been disabled
   since December 2007.
 
+* The "catch exception" and "catch assert" commands now accept
+  a condition at the end of the command, much like the "break"
+  command does. For instance:
+
+        (gdb) catch exception Constraint_Error if Barrier = True
+
+  Previously, it was possible to add a condition to such catchpoints,
+  but it had to be done as a second step, after the catchpoint had been
+  created, using the "condition" command.
+
+* The "info static-tracepoint-marker" command will now also work on
+  native Linux targets with in-process agent.
+
 * New commands
 
   ** "catch load" and "catch unload" can be used to stop when a shared
@@ -55,6 +73,7 @@
 * New targets
 
 Renesas RL78                   rl78-*-elf
+HP OpenVMS ia64                        ia64-hp-openvms*
 
 * GDBserver supports evaluation of breakpoint conditions.  When
   support is advertised by GDBserver, GDB may be told to send the
@@ -73,11 +92,18 @@ show breakpoint condition-evaluation
 
 * New remote packets
 
+z0/z1 conditional breakpoints extension
+
   The z0/z1 breakpoint insertion packets have been extended to carry
   a list of conditional expressions over to the remote stub depending on the
   condition evaluation mode.  The use of this extension can be controlled
   via the "set remote conditional-breakpoints-packet" command.
 
+QProgramSignals:
+
+  Specify the signals which the remote stub may pass to the debugged
+  program without GDB involvement.
+
 *** Changes in GDB 7.4
 
 * GDB now handles ambiguous linespecs more consistently; the existing