Proposition of a NEWS entry

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 SimGrid (3.26.1) NOT RELEASED YET (v3.27 expected March 20. 2021, 09:37 UTC)
 
-User-visible changes:
- - Removed some option aliases that were deprecated since v3.23 (June 2019)
-   - 'verbose-exit' is now 'debug/verbose-exit'
-   - 'simix/breakpoint' is now 'debug/breakpoint'
-   - 'clean-atexit' is now 'debug/clean-atexit'
+Main user-visible changes:
+ - All functions marked as deprecated since one year were removed.
  - Removed all that was related to the "Storage" type in all APIs and bindings.
    "Disks" have been introduced more than a year ago to replace them for the better.
    It's time to finish this replacement.
@@ -15,6 +12,10 @@ User-visible changes:
    avoiding "initializer element is not constant" errors with some codes. Please be
    careful to recompile your MPI codes if switching to this new SimGrid version.
  - Network model ns-3 now requires version ns-3.28 or higher.
+ - Removed some option aliases that were deprecated since v3.23 (June 2019)
+   - 'verbose-exit' is now 'debug/verbose-exit'
+   - 'simix/breakpoint' is now 'debug/breakpoint'
+   - 'clean-atexit' is now 'debug/clean-atexit'
 
 S4U:
  - New functions: Comm::sendto_{init,async} to initiate a communication

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-               (unreleased)
+               March 29. 2021
 
+  The Ragnar Release (anniversary of the siege of Paris by Vikings in 845)
+
+    * SMPI: can now report leaks and hint about the mallocs and kernels hindering simulation scalability
+    * Doc: Several new sections in the user manual, and start documenting the internals.
+    * S4U: Direct comms from host to host, without mailboxes.
+    * Many internal cleanups and refactoring to prepare the future.
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