NEWS: update for 1.36-rc1

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-NetworkManager-1.36
+NetworkManager-1.36-rc1
 Overview of changes since NetworkManager-1.34
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-This is a snapshot of NetworkManager development. The API is
-subject to change and not guaranteed to be compatible with
-the later release.
+This is a release candidate. The API is subject to change
+and not guaranteed to be compatible with the later release.
 USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE!
 
-* rework IP configuration code to make it more independent from
-  NMDevice.
-* Drop "configure-and-quit" mode and nm-iface-helper.
+* The handling of Layer 3 configurations has been substantially reworked.
+  While this is mostly internal change, it results in more robust
+  behavior when addressing information from multiple sources (DHCP,
+  manually configured, VPN) need to be applied simultaneously.
+  Overall performance and memory use have also slightly improved.
+* Manually configured addresses can no longer expire even if the same
+  addresses are also obtained dynamically.
+* Code for systemd-based DHCP and DHCPv6 clients has been updated from
+  upstream.
+* NTP servers obtained via DHCPv6 are now exposed on the DBus API, visible
+  in nmcli and available for use by dispatcher scripts.
+* 5G NR (New Radio) modems are now supported.
+* The "rd.znet_ifnames" kernel command line option is now honored on
+  network bootups on an IBM s390 platform.
+* Wi-Fi P2P support dows now work with the IWD backend, in addition to
+  wpa_supplicant backend.
+* Routes managed by routing daemons are now ignored. This is done to
+  address a performance bottleneck on specialized routers.
+* It is now possible to start NetworkManager without root user privileges.
+  This is experimental doesn't necessarily result in a working daemon.
+  NetworkManager service already drops many of capabilities available
+  to the root user.
+* WPA3 Wi-FI network security have been improved by enabling new H2E (hash
+  to element) method for generating SAE password element.
+* It is now possible to select the default Wi-Fi backend (wpa_supplicant or
+  IWD) at build-time.
+* Replies from broken DHCP servers that send duplicate address or mask
+  options are now handled gracefully.
+* Bridge support has gained the possibility of turning off MAC ageing.
+* "configure-and-quit" mode and nm-iface-helper have been removed.
+
+It is likely that some of these changes have been or will be included in
+1.34.x stable releases. This section will be updated to reflect that in
+the 1.36.0 release.
 
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 NetworkManager-1.34