NEWS: Document cmake and BitBucket

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   1) The unit tests now use Google Test (gtest) instead of the older and
      less powerful CppUnit.  See the README for how to build with gtest.
 
+  2) The build infrastructure has been converted to use cmake in place
+     of the existing autotools (autoconf/automake/libtool)
+     infrastructure.  The autotools build infrastructure will remain in
+     place and fully functional for the time being, but removal in a
+     future release is expected.  The cmake infrastructure implements
+     all the existing autotools functionality, plus some additional
+     capabilities (such as full support for translated manual pages).
+     It will be easier to maintain and update than the autotools code,
+     as well as being significantly more powerful.
+
+  3) BitBucket source repositories.  In addition to the Debian Alioth
+     repositories, I have created repositories at
+       https://bitbucket.org/rleigh-debian/schroot
+       https://bitbucket.org/rleigh-debian/schroot-dist
+     These mirror the Alioth repositories, but also permit using the
+     BitBucket pull request workflow to work on schroot and submit
+     patches as a more convienient alternative to the Debian BTS for
+     external contributors.  This is currently just a trial to see
+     if it's useful for others.
+
 * Major changes in 1.7.0:
 
   1) Support for disassociating networking in the chroot from the host