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+# News
+
+## zg v0.14.0 Release Notes
+
+This is the first minor point release since Sam Atman (me) took over
+maintenance of `zg` from the inimitable José Colon, aka
+@dude_the_builder.
+
+As it's a fairly complex project, I'm adding a NEWS.md so that users
+have a place to check for changes.
+
+### Data is Unmanaged
+
+This is the biggest change.  Prior to `v0.14`, all structs which need
+heap allocation no longer have a copy of their allocator.  It was felt
+that this was redundant, especially when several such structures were
+in use, and it reflects a general trend in the standard library toward
+fewer managed data structures.
+
+Getting up to speed is a matter of passing the allocator to `deinit`.
+
+This change comes courtesy of [lch361](https://lch361.net), in his
+first contribution to the repo.  Thanks Lich!
+
+### Grapheme Iterator Creation
+
+This is a modest streamlining of how a grapheme iterator is created.
+
+Before:
+
+```zig
+const gd = try grapheme.GraphemeData.init(allocator);
+defer gd.deinit();
+var iter = grapheme.Iterator.init("🤘🏻some rad string! 🤘🏿", &gd);
+```
+
+Now:
+
+```zig
+const gd = try grapheme.GraphemeData.init(allocator);
+defer gd.deinit(allocator);
+var iter = gd.iterator("🤘🏻some rad string! 🤘🏿");
+```
+
+You can still make an iterator with `grapheme.Iterator.init`, but the
+second argument has to be `&gd.gd`.