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update NEWS (belatedly) for 0.5.0

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User-visible changes in "magic-wormhole": User-visible changes in "magic-wormhole":
## Release 0.5.0 (07-Oct-2015)
* Change the CLI to merge send-file with send-text, and receive-file with
receive-text. Add confirmation before accepting a file.
* Change the remote server API significantly, breaking compatibility with
0.4.0 peers. Fix EventSource to match W3C spec and real browser behavior.
* Add py3 (3.3, 3.4, 3.5) compatibility for blocking calls (but not Twisted).
* internals
* Introduce Channel and ChannelManager to factor out the HTTP/EventSource
technology in use (making room for WebSocket or Tor in the future).
* Change app-visible API to allow multiple message phases.
* Change most API arguments from bytes to unicode strings (appid, URLs,
wormhole code, derive_key purpose string, message phase). Derived keys are
bytes, of course.
* Add proper unit tests.
## Release 0.4.0 (22-Sep-2015) ## Release 0.4.0 (22-Sep-2015)
Change the protocol used (to a symmetric form), breaking compatibility with This changes the protocol (to a symmetric form), breaking compatibility with
0.3.0 peers. Now both blocking-style and Twisted-style use a symmetric 0.3.0 peers. Now both blocking-style and Twisted-style use a symmetric
protocol, and the two sides do not need to figure out (ahead of time) which protocol, and the two sides do not need to figure out (ahead of time) which
one goes first. The internal layout was rearranged, so applications that one goes first. The internal layout was rearranged, so applications that