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Add a release note for the windows.h epicsAtomicOSD change

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@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ __This version of EPICS has not been released yet.__
__Add new items below here__
### Reduce symbol and macro pollution from epicsAtomic.h on WIN32
`epicsAtomic.h` no longer pulls in as many unneeded declarations and macros from
`windows.h`. Prior to this change, including `epicsAtomic.h` at the wrong time
could result in unexpected compiler errors. Due to the nature of `windows.h`,
some unneeded declarations are still pulled in, however the number is greatly reduced.
Code that needs these declarations should explicitly include `windows.h` before `epicsAtomic.h`.
### epicsExport simplifications
`epicsExportAddress()`, `epicsExportRegistrar()` and `epicsRegisterFunction()`