add the 2.6.0 release announcement to the website

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========================================================================
Release Notes for gerbv-2.6.0
========================================================================
The following is a summary of the changes which went into gerbv-2.6.0.
For a complete list of changes, refer to ChangeLog. Thanks to
Doug Springer for his work on adding file merging capability to the
File->Export menu. Several bugfixes are also included in this release.
-libgerbv: Removed all gcc compiler warnings.
-gerbv: Removed all gcc compiler warnings.
-libgerbv: Updated the export code to be more portable in the face of
different locale settings.
-gerbv: Fix compilation on Quartz.
-libgerbv: Fix a bug where very thin flashed rectangles in logos/images
from Eagle CAD were not always rendered.
-examples: Added example on using precedence sensitive calculations of
aperture macros.
-libgerbv: Improve vector output accuracy.
-gerbv: Improve vector output accuracy.
-libgerbv: Fix bug related to minimum line widths in scaled layers
-libgerbv: Increase resolution in exported RS-274X files.
-gerbv: Fix bug around exporting selected layers.
-gerbv: Gray out menu items when no layers are open.
-gerbv: Set secreen size to a default when the board size is not valid.
-libgerbv: Implemented operator precedence in aperture macro
parsing as per updated std
-libgerbv: Fix scaling bug when multiple scale factors are present.
-gerbv: Fix bug where only the bottom layer would print out.
-gerbv: Add file merging to the GUI which allows the user to do basic
panelization via the GUI.
-gerbv: Added "current layer" menuitem to the main menu.
-libgerbv: Fix macro rendering on clear layers (bug 3154966)

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<ul>
<li>Gerbv is a viewer for Gerber RS-274X files, Excellon drill files, and CSV pick-and-place files.</li>
<li>Gerbv is a native Linux application, and it runs on many common unix
platforms.</li>
platforms. A Windows version is also available.</li>
<li>Gerbv is
<a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">free</a> /
<a href="http://www.opensource.org/docs/osd">open-source</a> software.</li>
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affiliated with the <a href="http://www.gpleda.org/">gEDA</a> project,
an umbrella organization dedicated to producing free software tools for
electronic design.</li>
<li>The latest official gerbv release is version 2.5.0, released on 2011-01-12.</li>
<li>The latest official gerbv release is version 2.6.0, released on 2011-12-25. (available <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gerbv/files/gerbv/gerbv-2.6.0/">here</a>).</li>
</ul>
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<h3>Archives</h3>
<ul>
<li> 2011-12-25 : 2.6.0 general release available
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gerbv/files/gerbv/gerbv-2.6.0/">here</a>.
Announcement is readable <a href="ANNOUNCEMENT-2.6.0">here</a>.
<li> 2011-01-12 : 2.5.0 general release available
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gerbv/files/gerbv/gerbv-2.5.0/">here</a>.
Announcement is readable <a href="ANNOUNCEMENT-2.5.0">here</a>.