note changes in 2.5.7

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@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ changes between releases of flex
 
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+* version 2.5.7
+
+** configure now uses autoconf's versioning information and configure
+** --help reports the bug-reporting address for flex
+
+** test suite now only reports success versus failure; reporting
+   skipped is problematic under the current setup
+
+** compilation with --disable-nls now works
+
+** flex can now be built in a separate directory
+
 * version 2.5.6
 
 ** gettext support added (from gettext 0.11)