[NEWS] Additional details, in particular binary compatibility.

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@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ https://www.gnu.org/licenses/ or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 
 Changes from versions 4.0.* to version 4.1.0:
 - The "épinards à la crème" release.
+- Binary compatible with MPFR 4.0.*, though some minor changes in the
+  behavior of the formatted output functions may be visible, regarded
+  as underspecified behavior or bug fixes (see below).
 - New --enable-formally-proven-code configure option, to use (when available)
   formally proven code.
 - Improved __GMP_CC and __GMP_CFLAGS retrieval (in particular for MS Windows).
@@ -34,7 +37,8 @@ Changes from versions 4.0.* to version 4.1.0:
   when MPFR has been built with decimal float support).
 - New function mpfr_cmpabs_ui.
 - The mpfr_out_str function now accepts bases from -2 to -36, in order to
-  follow mpfr_get_str and GMP's mpf_out_str functions.
+  follow mpfr_get_str and GMP's mpf_out_str functions (these cases gave an
+  assertion failure, as with other invalid bases).
 - Shared caches: cleanup; really detect lock failures (abort in this case).
 - The behavior of the formatted output functions (mpfr_printf, etc.) with
   an empty precision field has improved: trailing zeros are kept in a way