Add release note info for the epicsTime change

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Ralph Lange
2016-10-05 09:41:49 +02:00
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<h3>Additional epicsTime conversion</h3>
<p>The EPICS timestamp library (epicsTime) inside libCom's OSI layer has
been extended by routines that convert from <tt>struct tm</tt> to the EPICS
internal <tt>epicsTime</tt> type, assuming UTC - i.e. without going through
the timezone mechanism. This solves issues with converting from the structured
type to the EPICS timestamp at driver level from multiple threads at a high
repetition rate, where the timezone mechanism was blocking on file access.</p>
<h3>MinGW Cross-builds from Linux</h3>
<p>Build configuration files have been back-ported from the 3.15 branch that