Add a RELEASES.md file and bump version to 0.2.0.

Author: rprichard

RELEASES.md

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+# Version 0.2.0 (2015-11-13)
+
+No changes to the API, but many small changes to the implementation.  The big
+changes include:
+
+ * Support for 64-bit Cygwin and MSYS2
+ * Support for Windows 10
+ * Better Unicode support (especially East Asian languages)
+
+Details:
+
+ * The `configure` script recognizes 64-bit Cygwin and MSYS2 environments and
+   selects the appropriate compiler.
+ * winpty works much better with the upgraded console in Windows 10.  The
+   `conhost.exe` hang can still occur, but only with certain programs, and
+   is much less likely to occur.  With the new console, use Mark instead of
+   SelectAll, for better performance.
+   [#31](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/31)
+   [#30](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/30)
+   [#53](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/53)
+ * The UNIX adapter now calls `setlocale(LC_ALL, "")` to set the locale.
+ * Improved Unicode support.  When a console is started with an East Asian code
+   page, winpty now chooses an East Asian font rather than Consolas / Lucida
+   Console.  Selecting the right font helps synchronize character widths
+   between the console and terminal.  (It's not perfect, though.)
+   [#41](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/41)
+ * winpty now more-or-less works with programs that change the screen buffer
+   or resize the original screen buffer.  If the screen buffer height changes,
+   winpty switches to a "direct mode", where it makes no effort to track
+   scrolling.  In direct mode, it merely syncs snapshots of the console to the
+   terminal.  Caveats:
+    * Changing the screen buffer (i.e. `SetConsoleActiveScreenBuffer`)
+      breaks winpty on Windows 7.  This problem can eventually be mitigated,
+      but never completely fixed, due to Windows 7 bugginess.
+    * Resizing the original screen buffer can hang `conhost.exe` on Windows 10.
+      Enabling the legacy console is a workaround.
+    * If a program changes the screen buffer and then exits, relying on the OS
+      to restore the original screen buffer, that restoration probably will not
+      happen with winpty.  winpty's behavior can probably be improved here.
+ * Improved color handling:
+    * DkGray-on-Black text was previously hiddenly completely.  Now it is
+      output as DkGray, with a fallback to LtGray on terminals that don't
+      recognize the intense colors.
+      [#39](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/39).
+    * The console is always initialized to LtGray-on-Black, regardless of the
+      user setting, which matches the console color heuristic, which translates
+      LtGray-on-Black to "reset SGR parameters."
+ * Shift-Tab is recognized correctly now.
+   [#19](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/19)
+ * Add a `--version` argument to `winpty-agent.exe` and the UNIX adapter.  The
+   argument reports the nominal version (i.e. the `VERSION.txt`) file, with a
+   "VERSION_SUFFIX" appended (defaulted to `-dev`), and a git commit hash, if
+   the `git` command successfully reports a hash during the build.  The `git`
+   command is invoked by either `make` or `gyp`.
+ * The agent now combines `ReadConsoleOutputW` calls when it polls the console
+   buffer for changes, which may slightly reduce its CPU overhead.
+   [#44](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/issues/44).
+ * A `gyp` file is added to help compile with MSVC.
+ * The code can now be compiled as C++11 code, though it isn't by default.
+   [bde8922e08](https://github.com/rprichard/winpty/commit/bde8922e08c3638e01ecc7b581b676c314163e3c)
+ * If winpty can't create a new window station, it charges ahead rather than
+   aborting.  This situation might happen if winpty were started from an SSH
+   session.
+ * Debugging improvements:
+    * `WINPTYDBG` is renamed to `WINPTY_DEBUG`, and a new `WINPTY_SHOW_CONSOLE`
+      variable keeps the underlying console visible.
+    * A `winpty-debugserver.exe` program is built and shipped by default.  It
+      collects the trace output enabled with `WINPTY_DEBUG`.
+ * The `Makefile` build of winpty now compiles `winpty-agent.exe` and
+   `winpty.dll` with -O2.
+
+# Version 0.1.1 (2012-07-28)
+
+Minor bugfix release.
+
+# Version 0.1 (2012-04-17)
+
+Initial release.

VERSION.txt

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-0.2
+0.2.0