Add NEWS and concept index entries for traps infrastructure and Emacs support.

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@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ The new repository can be accessed using
 "git-clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/guile.git", or can be browsed on-line at
 http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=guile.git .  See `README' for details.
 
+** Add support for `pkg-config'
+
+See "Autoconf Support" in the manual for details.
+
 * New modules (see the manual for details)
 
 ** `(srfi srfi-88)'
@@ -54,7 +58,19 @@ http://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=guile.git .  See `README' for details.
 
 ** New `postfix' read option, for SRFI-88 keyword syntax
 ** Some I/O primitives have been inlined, which improves I/O performance
+** New object-based traps infrastructure
+
+This is a GOOPS-based infrastructure that builds on Guile's low-level
+evaluator trap calls and facilitates the development of debugging
+features like single-stepping, breakpoints, tracing and profiling.
+See the `Traps' node of the manual for details.
 
+** New support for working on Guile code from within Emacs
+
+Guile now incorporates the `GDS' library (previously distributed
+separately) for working on Guile code from within Emacs.  See the
+`Using Guile In Emacs' node of the manual for details.
+ 
 * Bugs fixed
 
 ** `scm_add_slot ()' no longer segfaults (fixes bug #22369)
@@ -71,6 +87,7 @@ lead to a stack overflow.
 
 ** `(srfi srfi-35)' is now visible through `cond-expand'
 ** Fixed type-checking for the second argument of `eval'
+** Fixed type-checking for SRFI-1 `partition'
 ** Fixed `struct-ref' and `struct-set!' on "light structs"
 ** Honor struct field access rights in GOOPS
 ** Changed the storage strategy of source properties, which fixes a deadlock