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docs: various fixes to v2016.2 release notes

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@ -85,24 +85,30 @@ New features
site texts. They should always be used when including user-provided information like
hostnames and contact information in HTML code or URLs.
* Dropbear is updated to a newer version, enabling new SSH crytpo methods and removing
* Dropbear has been updated to a newer version, enabling new SSH crypto methods and removing
some old ones like DSA. This reduces the time needed for the first boot and makes
SSH logins faster (`#223 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/223>`_)
* WLAN basic and supported rate sets have been made configurable, to allow disabling
802.11b rates (`#810 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/810>`_)
* ath10k-based devices are now officially supported, it's possible to choose between
* ath10k-based devices are now supported officially; it's possible to choose between
IBSS- and 11s-capable firmwares in site.mk (`#864 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/864>`_)
* The ``prefix4`` and ``next_node.ip4`` site.conf options are now optional.
* The ``prefix4`` and ``next_node.ip4`` site.conf options are optional now.
Bugfixes
~~~~~~~~
* The stability of the ath9k WLAN driver has been improved significantly
(`#605 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/605>`_)
mac80211, hostapd and other related drivers and services have been backported from LEDE ``42f559e``.
* Extremely slow downloads could lead to multiple instances of the autoupdater
running concurrently. Use lockfile to prevent this and add timeouts to download
processes. (`#582 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/582>`_)
running concurrently (`#582 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/582>`_)
A lockfile is used to prevent this and timeouts have been added to download processes.
Other changes
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@ -141,8 +147,6 @@ Inside of URLs, ``urlescape`` must be used instead of ``escape``.
Internals
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* mac80211, hostapd and other related drivers and services have been backported from LEDE ``42f559e``
* Mesh interfaces are now configured in a protocol-independent way in UCI (`#870 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/pull/870>`_)
The MAC address assignment of all mesh and WLAN interfaces has been modified to prepare for support of