gdb/NEWS: Document that GDB now supports DWARF-based fixed point types

gdb/ChangeLog:

        * NEWS: Add entry documenting support for DWARF-based fixed
        point types.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
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--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-11-24  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+       * NEWS: Add entry documenting support for DWARF-based fixed
+       point types.
+
 2020-11-24  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
        * NEWS: Document that building GDB now requires GMP.

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
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--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@
   $HOME/.gdbinit.  On Apple hosts the search order is instead:
   $HOME/Library/Preferences/gdb/gdbinit, $HOME/.gdbinit.
 
+* GDB now supports fixed point types which are described in DWARF
+  as base types with a fixed-point encoding.  Additionally, support
+  for the DW_AT_GNU_numerator and DW_AT_GNU_denominator has also
+  been added.
+
+  For Ada, this allows support for fixed point types without requiring
+  the use of the GNAT encoding (based on information added to the type's
+  name following a GNAT-specific format).
+
 * New commands
 
 set debug event-loop